On March 28, NIO officially announced that it had held a delivery ceremony for ET7 owners in Hefei, where NIO's China headquarters is located. Expert representatives from the manufacturing and quality teams delivered the first batch of Hefei users to pick up the car. Li Bin was affected by the epidemic and could not come to the delivery site, but he also congratulated everyone through video connection.
In addition, Weilai Automobile said that the Nio-led ET7, which has been offline, has been sent to various places one after another. On the issue of production capacity, the official said that before the mass production of the model, the supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, etc. are ready for this, so they will lock orders, schedule production, produce and deliver in accordance with the rules previously announced. However, at present, WEIO ET7 is still experiencing the stage of output climbing, and the delivery rhythm will be slightly different recently due to logistics and other reasons.
Previously, when releasing the 2021 annual financial results, Li Bin had said that Weilai ET7 had received more than 15,000 orders, the market response was still very good, and the top management was very confident in the prospects of this car. However, at present, the task undertaken by jacques Weilai production base is very heavy, not only the "866" series currently on sale, but also the ES7 that will begin to be delivered later, so the current production capacity of ET7 is still in the initial climbing stage, and it is expected to reach normal levels in the third quarter.
Weilai ET7 is positioned in a medium and large pure electric car, with a body size of 5101/1987/1509mm and a wheelbase of 3060mm, which is one of the few pure electric models with a length of more than 5 meters and a wheelbase of more than 3 meters in Chinese brands. At present, there are two versions of the car, with a starting price of 448,000 yuan and 526,000 yuan respectively.
In addition, in terms of configuration, the entire series is equipped with intelligent air suspension, 360° high-definition panoramic image, front and rear parking assistance radar, transparent chassis, intelligent frameless electric suction door, electric tailgate, front and rear seat ventilation/heating/massage, enhanced head-up display system (HUD), AR/VR panoramic immersive experience interface, NOMI in-vehicle artificial intelligence system and NAD intelligent driver assistance.
Power part, NIO ET7 adopts intelligent four-drive force system, front and rear dual motors combined maximum power of 480kW, comprehensive peak torque of 850Nm, while can match three different specifications of the battery pack, of which 75kWh battery in the CLTC comprehensive working range can reach 480 to 550km; 100kWh battery CLTC working condition endurance can reach 615 to 705km; in addition, the model is expected to be equipped with 150kWh battery in the fourth quarter of this year. The endurance may exceed 1000km.