A few days ago, the driving line of sight learned a new car trailer GIF from the official platform of Weilai, which seems to show the welcome function of the new taillights. It is reported that the new car is a brand new model released by NIO Day 2021 on December 18, which is likely to be ET5. The new car will also be the first model to roll off the production line after the completion of the Hefei Xinqiao Intelligent Electric Vehicle Industrial Park (NeoPark), which also means that it will be officially put into production in September 2022, so it will not be delivered until at least the end of 2022.
As can be seen from the trailer GIF released this time, the new car adopts the popular through-type taillight group, and the effect after lighting up is quite a bit of a Porsche 911 model, which is very dynamic and fashionable. On closer inspection, its strip adopts two designs, the upper part is composed of dense dots, and the lower part is a completely penetrating line. According to previous reports, it can be determined that it will be built based on the NIO NT2.0 platform, and its positioning will also be below the NIO ET7, which is expected to be positioned as a mid-size car.
According to the previously exposed road test spy photo, the new car still adopts the Weilai family-style design language, equipped with a slender and narrow headlight group, which is very brand recognizable. In terms of interior, the new car may adopt the same design layout as the ET7, using NIO's second-generation digital cockpit technology, equipped with 5G network, V2X, WiFi 6 and so on. At the same time, the new car is expected to be equipped with lidar and NIO's latest urban pilot assisted driving function (NAD), in terms of power, the new car is expected to also use NIO's second-generation electric drive system, with reference to the parameters of NIO ET7, will be equipped with a 180kW front permanent magnet + 300kW rear induction motor combination, comprehensive power of 480kW, peak torque of 850N·m, 0-100km/h acceleration time of 3.9s, 0-100km/ hThe braking distance is 33.5m and comes standard with Brembo brake calipers. In terms of battery life, because weilai ET5 will also have the ability to change power, the 75kWh, 100kWh ternary lithium batteries, 75kwh ternary iron lithium batteries currently on sale in Weilai, and 150kwh semi-solid-state batteries that are still in the "futures" state will also be able to adapt to Weilai ET5 in the future.