[News-Oxcart Network]
A few days ago, Weilai's official Weibo released a trailer for the new model, and the new car will be officially unveiled at NIO DAY held on December 18. The ET7 medium and large sedan released by NIO last year has entered the mass production stage and is about to be delivered. The new car will most likely be the mid-size car that has been exposed on the Internet before - Weilai ET5.
From the trailer we can see the rough outline of the rear of the new car, which allows us to determine that the new car will not be an SUV. The short film mainly demonstrates the welcome function of the new taillights, and like the NIO flagship car ET7, the new car also adopts a through-line light strip shape, but it is more designed and recognizable than the ET7.
Previously, Weibo also exposed the road test spy photos of the suspected Weilai ET5, which is likely to be a new car to be released on NIO DAY. However, the spy photos did not bring us more information about the details of the appearance of the new car, and only the size of the new car was smaller than the NIO ET7, which would be positioned as a medium-sized sedan.
As for the power of the new car, WEILAI officials have not yet released details. For reference, NIO's flagship sedan ET7 uses a front permanent magnet synchronous motor with a power of 180kW plus a 300kW rear induction motor, with a comprehensive system power of 480kW and a peak torque of 850N m. In addition, we expect that the ET5 will also have the ability to replace power, and we are also looking forward to seeing lidar, Aquila SUPER sensing system and NAD automatic driving function in the new car.
Comments: Although WEILAI has achieved remarkable results in brand image building and user operation, it is also difficult to escape the status quo of being unable to make a profit. At this time, Weilai needs a turning point, a model that can achieve a volume and a more affordable price, and the emergence of Weilai ET5 is to shoulder this heavy responsibility. At present, although the new car will continue to maintain a high-end product route, the price will likely be lower than the NIO ES6, so that the price threshold of THE ENTIRE vehicle of NIO will be reduced to less than 300,000 yuan. Looking forward to nio DAY on December 18, NIO can bring us surprises.