Qin Lihong, president of NIO, said in his interaction with users that NIO ES7 will be released at the end of May. It is reported that the NIO ES7 is a new model based on the NT2.0 technology platform, positioned between ES6 and ES8, focusing on medium and large 5-seatER SUVs.
First of all, according to people familiar with Weilai, from the EC6 model, the internal project of new models began to have a code name, such as the internal code of EC6 is Fury, and the internal code of ET7 is Force. Gemini is actually just the internal code name of the next NIO ES7, the car is positioned between ES6 and ES8, is a large five-seat SUV, the new car will be consistent with ET5 and ET7 at the level of intelligence, and will be benchmarked with the domestic BMW X5.
Previously, Jianghuai Automobile has issued a tender announcement on the AGV transformation of the final chassis of the Gemini model production line flexible technical transformation project, with an annual output of 60,000 vehicles and an average monthly output of 5,000 vehicles, which is nearly double the sales volume of the current ES6/EC6.
Judging from the previous spy photos, the roof of the new car also provides lidar and high cameras, which means that it will have the ability to achieve NAD automatic driving, the cost of lidar is relatively high, coupled with the blessing of Weilai's NT2.0 technology platform, the new car may have a good performance in technology and intelligence. It is expected that NIO's latest NAD automatic driving assistance system and NIO Aquila supersensitive system and supercomputing platform Adam should not be absent, to a certain extent, to make up for the "short board" of WEILAI in the sale of SUVs in terms of intelligence.
From the perspective of NIO's product line, the new platform to create NIO ET7 and other models, and the current model parts on sale will increase the pressure of supply chain management, NIO needs to dilute the supply chain costs together with the models under the new platform, especially Tudtong's lidar and 4 Orin chips.
Deliveries of new cars are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of this year, and we will continue to follow the story for more information about new cars.