As the year draws to a close, the annual "NIO Day" will also arrive as scheduled, which is not only a summary meeting of NIO throughout the year, but also a product launch of the brand in recent years, so during this period, NIO's new models will also come.
Recently, Weilai Automobile released a new car trailer through the official platform, although it only shows a taillight welcome function, but the outside world has speculated that this is the UPcoming ET5.
Because according to earlier news, some Weilai experience stores revealed that Weilai's second car ET5 will be unveiled on NIO Day held in Suzhou this year. At the same time, Li Bin, chairman of WEILAI, also revealed that the company will launch three new models of the 2.0 platform next year, as well as the first product of the NIO entry brand,"Gemini."
At the same time, there are already suspected SPY photos of WEILAI ET5 on the Internet that have been exposed. In view of the fact that the new car is positioned lower than the ET7, its shape is also significantly shorter than the ET7, according to the information previously reported, the length of the car or between 4800mm-4900mm, positioning is a medium-sized sedan.
Although the new car is wrapped very tightly, from the perspective of the lighted headlight group, its design shape is similar to the ET7, so it is more expected that the new car will be a lower positioning "ET5". It is reported that WEILAI ET5 will also be built based on the NT2.0 platform.
In terms of interior, reference is made to the currently launched SUV models NIO ES8 and NIO ES6, as well as the sedan version of NIO ET7.
It is expected that the INTERIOR OF ET5 will be closer to the shape of the ET7, but the overall style is still family style.
In terms of power, it is expected that the NIO ET5 will be equipped with the second-generation electric drive system of NIO. Referring to THE NIO ET7, the 180 kW front permanent magnet synchronous motor is used with a 300 kW rear induction motor, and the maximum comprehensive power is 480 kW and the peak torque is 850 Nm.
Therefore, the new car is positioned lower, and its power parameters will also be reduced.
Judging from the positioning and body size of the current new mid-size car, the most direct competitor is Tesla's Model 3.
Tesla Model 3
Guidance price: 26.67-33.99 million yuan
However, as a new force head car company, its competitors are naturally inseparable from more independent models such as Xiaopeng P7.
Xiaopeng P7
Guidance price: 21.99-40.99 million yuan
However, compared with the launch of new car products, I believe that everyone is more concerned about the pricing of new cars, from the current point of view, the positioning of Weilai products in the market is generally high, even the most beginner Weilai ES6 is also above 350,000, which is significantly higher than many models of the same level.
Therefore, it is expected that the same positioning of the mid-size car ET5 will not be less than 300,000, after all, the brand continues to maintain a high value positioning, may be due to low pricing is easy to "lose", but the pricing is too low is also easy to lose competitiveness, so what do netizens think?
Netizen 1: Weilai is a high-end brand, must not be cheap!
Netizen 2: Agree to the upstairs, the price is low, the identity of the owner of the Weilai car can not be set off.
Netizen 3: In fact, Weilai's high-end is mainly reflected in what technology? Optical a high-end crowd positioning?
Netizen 4: Answer upstairs, high pricing is high-end, this is Weilai's understanding of high-end.
Netizen 5: I am the only one who has not understood what Weilai's selling point is?