As soon as the ET5 full of design sense came out, many people made up their minds, and it can be said that Weilai finally had a more affordable "explosive model". This is also the biggest gain for many people on this year's NIO Day. On December 18, 2021, NIO Day 2021 was held in Suzhou. The highlights of the whole scene can be summed up as: a blockbuster, a cooperation plan, and a more "dense" charging and replacing network, and a more "extensive" overseas planning. In terms of products supporting NIO's sales, ET7 will start delivery on March 28 next year, and ET5, which starts at 328,000 yuan before subsidies, will be delivered in September, so it is not an exaggeration to call 2022 THE "year of the car" of NIO.
Down to less than 300,000, to the low-price market "open"
In the new car that everyone cares about, this year's NIO Day, WEILAI released its second sedan - medium-sized intelligent electric coupe ET5. The starting price is 328,000 yuan before the ET5 subsidy and 258,000 yuan before the BaaS program subsidy. Overall, it is the most expensive model in Weilai. Moreover, the ET5 can be swapped and is not subject to the current subsidy threshold, which is one of its biggest advantages.
It can be said that the ET5 is a very designed supercar modeling sedan, the panoramic glass that extends to the rear of the carriage is eye-catching, and the whole series is also equipped with intelligent frameless electric suction door and hidden door handle as standard, with a digital key based on UWB technology. The interior space is simple and clear, with the concept of "second living room", and black technology is almost concentrated on two screens. Among them, the 10.2 inch digital meter adopts HDR high dynamic range image technology, equipped with cutting-edge hardware system, continuous software research and development and content expansion.
This time, the new ET5 car will also be equipped with nirapan digital cockpit Pano Cinema with AR/VR technology. NIO and AR equipment company NREAL jointly developed exclusive AR glasses, which can project a large screen with a visual distance of 6 meters and are equivalent to 201 inches; and cooperated with NOLO to develop NIO VR Glasses, equipped with ultra-thin Pancake optical lenses, which can realize binocular 4K display. Sitting in the car, with the new 256-color digital light curtain mood light and the 7.1.4 Dolby Atmos sound system, Pano Cinema enjoys a full-sensory immersion experience in an exclusive space like the ET5.
In terms of intelligent driving assistance technology, ET5 is equipped with NIO's latest automatic driving technology NAD, through NIO's supersensitive system Aquila and supercomputing platform Adam, ET5 will gradually realize high-speed, urban area, parking, power exchange and other scenarios, the whole process of safe and relaxing point-to-point automatic driving experience. The full function of NAD adopts the service subscription model of "opened monthly and paid monthly", and the service fee is 680 yuan per month.
The ET5 will also be a coupe that emphasizes high performance, with a 4.3-second acceleration from zero to 100 km/h, featuring a high-performance four-piston aluminum alloy one-piece cast caliper developed by ULCO, with a braking distance of 33.9 meters from 100 km to zero. With a new generation of high-efficiency electric drive platform using silicon carbide power modules, it is equipped with a standard battery pack (75kWh) CLTC with a range of more than 550 kilometers, a long battery pack (100kWh) with a range of more than 700 kilometers, and a long battery pack (150kWh) with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers.
It is reported that ET5 will provide 9 body colors, of which clear space powder and cloud first yellow are exclusive colors, and the annual color Aerospace Blue will also be mounted on ET5, which is expected to start delivery in September 2022.
In addition, from the beginning to the end of the year, the MEDIUM AND LARGE INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC FLAGSHIP SED CAR ET7, which has satisfied the appetite of the market, finally has a delivery schedule. Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of NIO, revealed at NIO DAY that ET7 will open the lock order on January 20, 2022, and open delivery on March 28. ET7 sets the standard for autonomous driving computing power and sensors, with more than 100 comfortable, safe and intelligent configurations as standard, and more than 20 new configurations and functions have been enhanced during the preparation process of mass production, including accelerating from zero to 100 kilometers to 3.8 seconds, and optimizing the wind resistance coefficient to 0.208.
A more "dense" charging and swapping network and a more "extensive" sea planning
At present, the anxiety of many electric vehicle owners comes from battery life and charging waiting time. However, many Weilai car owners have given priority to experiencing and "falling in love" with the power exchange mode, which also makes Weilai more persistent to popularize the charging and replacing network and cooperate with each other.
Li Bin said: "In 2022, NIO will continue to increase investment in products and technologies, accelerate the layout of service networks, and enter more markets. He pointed out that making it more convenient to refuel than refueling is Weilai's long-term goal. It is reported that in 2022, WEILAI will continue to lay out the charging and replacing service network, and plans to have more than 1,300 substations, 6,000 supercharge piles, 10,000 destination charging piles nationwide, and open more than 30 destination charging routes.
2021 is the first year of NIO's globalization. In 2022, WEILAI has a deeper and farther plan to go to sea. Li Bin said that after entering the Norwegian market, WEILAI's products and system-wide services will be officially landed in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark in 2022; in 2025, it will enter more than 25 countries and regions.
Not only that, Weilai will also have a deeper "common destiny" with car owners. It is reported that the owner welfare partner is a platform-based project co-created and resource sharing by USERS in the WEIlai community, and the participating car owners share benefits with users by providing their own high-quality resources. In 2022, NIO will invest 80 million points in the Car Owner Welfare Partner Project.
In addition, NIO announced the official launch of the ecological co-construction plan Clean Parks, which supports the use of smart electric vehicles, the construction of clean energy infrastructure, the construction of a clean and low-carbon energy self-circulation system, and the protection of the authenticity and integrity of the ecosystem.
【Reviews】
Every year's NIO Day is deeply involved by Nio users, and this time is no exception, allowing people to see the brand appeal of NIO's new user-oriented car company in the market. Moreover, WEILAI is well aware of the principle of "less routines, more hard goods", so although compared with NIO Day 2020, which has continuously released a series of heavy products such as the first car ET7, automatic driving technology NAD, second-generation substation and 150KWh solid-state battery, nio Day 2021 at the end of the year Although there are not many highlights, it is better than ET5 to support the field and is praised by the industry as "explosive potential". From a certain point of view, WEILAI ET5 is equivalent to "Model 3". And the target is to target old cars such as BMW 3, Mercedes-Benz C, Audi A4l and so on, trying to occupy an important position in the luxury car market.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Deng Li
Photo/ Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Deng Li
Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Li Guangman