After the first electric flagship sedan ET7, the electric vehicle factory NIO has recently brought the second electric sedan ET5, and positioned itself for a mid-size sedan to target the rival Tesla Model 3. ET5 uses front and rear axle dual motors, the maximum horsepower of up to 480 horses, 4.3 seconds of stationary acceleration to break 100, it provides 75kWh, 100kWh, 150kWh a total of 3 kinds of battery capacity, CLTC maximum range of up to 1,000 kilometers, can be used through subscription to use the full NAD autonomous driving assistance, new cars are expected to be delivered in September 2022, priced from 328,000 yuan, and after Norway in 2022, WEILAI is expected to enter Germany, Denmark and other European markets.
The ET7 flagship sedan was previously announced
Nio's recent ambitions to enter the international market are high, in addition to the launch of 3 SUVs EC6, ES6, ES8, and 1 supercar EP9 in 5 years, and previously announced the first flagship electric sedan ET7 in May 2021, and the ET7 has been exported to the Norwegian market. At that time, the ET7 body size came to 5,101x1,987x1,509mm, surpassing the rival Tesla Model S in terms of body shape, divided into 70kWh, 100kWh, 150kWh a total of 3 battery capacity versions, using a dual-motor four-wheel drive design, electric motor output power of 480kW (about 624 horsepower), its maximum cruising range in CLTC test mode can reach 1,000 kilometers.
Its second four-door sedan product, the ET5, is aimed at rival Tesla Model 3
Now NIO has launched the brand's second four-door sedan product, the ET5, and positioned itself as a mid-size sedan aimed at the rival Tesla Model 3. The ET5 is a size of 4,790x1,960x1,499mm and a wheelbase of 2,888mm, compared to the Model 3's 4,694x1,850x1,440mm wheelbase and wheelbase of 2,880mm, and the overall vehicle drag coefficient is 0.24mm. The exterior adopts a four-door sneakback coupe similar to the Coupé, the ET5 emphasizes its smooth and dynamic lines inheriting the ET7, and the texture outline derived from EP9, coupled with the sharp folding line to create a youthful and energetic image, and integrates many self-driving detectors into the body.
The ET5 also features a panoramic glass roof similar to the Model 3 in appearance, emphasizing that it can block 99.9% of ultraviolet rays, and the lighting area is 1.8 square meters. The front of the car has a FAMILY X-Bar design vocabulary, using Double-Dash daytime lights and integrated headlights near and far, and the rear of the car uses illumiBlade penetrating light front taillights. In addition, the ET5 is also the same as the Model 3 in the whole car four doors are frameless design, but the ET5 in addition to the use of hidden handles, but also equipped with the door electric automatic adsorption function, and has UWB mobile phone digital key technology, no need to take out the mobile phone close to the vehicle can be unlocked. There are a total of 9 car colors to choose from, including exclusive colors such as mirror powder, cloud yellow, and aerospace blue.
PanoCinema digital cockpit with VR/AR imaging technology in the car
Equipped with a 10.2-inch HDR high dynamic range graphics digital instrument with a central 12.8-inch AMOLED upright screen, the ET5 emphasizes that its interior space continues the "second living room" concept, with clean+ eco-friendly fabrics softly surrounding the occupants and improving the acoustics of the cabin, while the hidden air conditioning outlet keeps the center console simple and refined.
In addition, ET5 is also equipped with a PanoCinema digital cockpit with AR/VR technology, although ET5 does not have a co-pilot screen, NIO and AR manufacturer NREAL jointly developed exclusive AR glasses, which can project a visible distance of 6 meters in the car, equivalent to about 201 inches of large screen effect; in addition, in cooperation with NOLO, nio VR Glasses glasses were developed, equipped with ultra-thin Pancake optical lenses, which can achieve 4K display for both eyes. The ET5 is also equipped with up to 256 digital mood lights and a 7.1.4 Dolby surround immersive sound system.
NAD Autopilot Assist comes standard, offering a subscription-based model for full functionality
The ET5 series is also equipped with NIO's latest NAD (NIO Autonomous Driving) autonomous driving assist technology, which is equipped with the Aquila perception system and Adam computing platform, and the whole vehicle has 33 high-performance detection elements, including 1 ultra-long-range high-precision laser radar, 7 8-megapixel cameras, 4 3-megapixel high-sensitivity surround view cameras, 1 enhanced main driver perception, 5 millimeter wave radar, 12 ultrasonic detectors, 2 high-precision positioning units, as well as V2X (Vehicle to X) connected car communication technology. A full set of NAD functions can realize highways, urban areas, automatic parking and other automatic driving experience, NAD system provides a "monthly opening, monthly payment" subscription system model, its subscription service fee is 680 yuan per month, WEIlai emphasized that it can gradually provide the above services after completing development verification.
Maximum horsepower 480 hp, maximum range on 1,000 km
The ET5 is made of ultra-high strength steel and aluminum in the body structure, the rear base plate is made of integrated casting process, emphasizing the 5-star collision standard design of C-NCAP and Euro NCAP, the height of the vehicle's center of gravity is only 482.6mm, the rollover coefficient is 1.7, and the front and rear axle counterweights are 50:50. In terms of power, the ET5 full car series adopts 2 electric motors with silicon carbide front and rear axles, 150kW inductive electric motors on the front axle, 210kW permanent magnet electric motors on the rear axle, the maximum output is 360kW, the maximum horsepower is about 480 horses, the maximum torque is 700N.m, the stationary acceleration to break 100 kilometers per hour only takes 4.3 seconds, with the aluminum alloy cast high-performance four-piston calipers developed by Wei home, which can complete 100~ 0 km/h braking at 33.9 meters. And provide sports +, comfort, energy saving, sports, snow, sand, wetland, customized and other 8 driving modes.
Et5 in the battery and endurance part, the total is also divided into 75kWh (standard battery), 100kWh (long battery), 150kWh (ultra-long battery) a total of 3 models, according to the CLTC mode measurement, the 75kWh version of the range of 500 ~ 550 km, 100kWh version of 640 ~ 700 km, as for the 150kWh version can come to a staggering 1,000 km.
Continue to open the export territory, 2022 Weilai is predicted to enter the German and other markets
According to information released by NIO, the starting price of the ET5 car series is 328,000 yuan, and the starting price after deducting the BaaS solution subsidy is 258,000 yuan, the new car is expected to be delivered locally in September 2022, and NIO will have more than 1,300 substations, 6,000 overcharged piles, and up to 10,000 AC destination charging piles in China in 2022. Weilai also stressed that after entering the Norwegian market, Weilai's new cars will also be officially sold in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and other countries in 2022, and it is expected to enter more than 25 countries or regions in 2025.