NIO's cheapest and most talked about SUV, the all-new ES6, is officially on sale.
The price starts from 368,000 yuan, if you rent a battery, you can buy one for 298,000, behind which is completely NIO's future responsibility, and even Li Bin laughed: This car does not sell well, then it is really necessary to "find a class".
How important is this car? It was released that night, and the delivery of the new car began overnight.
The all-new ES6, which switches to the second-generation platform, adopts dual-motor four-wheel drive, zero acceleration of 4.5 seconds, 100km/h braking distance of 34.5 meters, and is equipped with the latest intelligent and comfortable braking system.
It is equipped with 33 sensors including lidar and 4 NVIDIA Orin chips as standard, with a total computing power of 1016TOPS and support for 23 intelligent driving functions.
In addition, at this press conference, Li Bin also spoiled NIO's new progress in technology.
The first is the city pilot assisted driving, which will be opened in Shanghai in a small area this year.
The second is the 150kWh semi-solid battery that has been in pigeon for a long time, which will be put into use in July this year, and the cruising range can reach 930km.
The third is the voice assistant in the car, which may be connected to the large model later.
What kind of car is the new ES6?
The ES6 was first released in December 2018 and is the second model launched by NIO since its founding.
As of the end of April this year, NIO has delivered a total of 327255 vehicles, of which 127611 of the first-generation ES6 have been delivered, accounting for about 39% of total sales.
Now that the new ES6 of the second-generation platform is here, can it continue to help NIO boost sales?
Let's start with the basic configuration.
The all-new ES6 is positioned as a midsize SUV with length, width and height of 4854/1995/1703mm and a wheelbase of 2915mm.
Compared to the first-generation ES6, the new model has a longer wheelbase, wider body and lower height.
From the outside, the new ES6 is equipped with electric suction doors, intelligent multi-beam headlights, front and rear hidden wipers, and a round fender design.
It adopts a steel-aluminum hybrid body structure, and the rear floor of the all-aluminum body and the C and D pillars adopt integrated die-casting technology. The charging port is located at the left rear of the vehicle, the mirrors are attached to the triangle window, and 20-inch wheels are standard.
The new ES6 does not have air suspension and adopts the same front and rear five-link suspension as the NIO ET5.
If compared with the ES7, the first SUV of the NIO second-generation platform, many exterior design differences can be found: for example, the ES7 adopts an all-aluminum body, has air suspension, square fender design and has wheel eyebrow lights, charging ports are set in front of the right side of the vehicle, rearview mirrors are at the door position, and so on.
The new ES6 is currently available in two battery packs, a 75kWh battery pack with a range of 490km (CLTC condition); The other is a 100kWh battery pack with a range of 625km.
According to reports, NIO's 150kWh battery pack will be put into use in July this year, and the range can reach 930km.
As of May 15, NIO has built 1,400 substations, 15,312 charging piles, and more than 700,000 third-party charging piles in China. According to the plan, NIO will add 1,000 substations this year, bringing the total to 2,300.
In terms of power and performance, the all-new ES6 comes standard with dual-motor four-wheel drive, equipped with a front 150kW induction asynchronous motor + a rear 210kW permanent magnet synchronous motor, with a comprehensive power of 360kW, a torque of 700Nm, a maximum speed of 200km/h, and a zero hundred acceleration time of 4.5 seconds.
In addition, the new ES6 comes standard with self-developed four-piston fixed calipers, and the braking distance is 34.5 meters per 100 kilometers.
The new ES6 comes standard with NIO's self-developed ICC intelligent chassis domain controller and CDC dynamic suspension damping control system, which can make transient damping adjustments according to different road conditions, and the adjustment speed can reach 500 times per second.
The new ES6 is also equipped with the ISS intelligent comfort brake function, which can automatically adjust the braking force at the end of the brake, greatly suppressing the "nod" phenomenon caused by braking, and improving driving comfort.
In terms of interior, the new ES6 has a panoramic roof roof and a daylight area of nearly 1m².
NIO's self-developed seat platform is used, and the main and passenger seats are equipped with 20-way adjustment as standard, and the suspended headrest can be adjusted up and down front and rear (which is not available in previous NIO models).
The rear seat angle can be adjusted electrically by 8 degrees, and it can be flexibly reclined in 4/2/4 zones.
The trunk volume is 668 liters, and the maximum volume after the rear seats are folded down can reach 1430 liters.
It is also worth noting that the "queen co-pilot" needs to spend 8500 yuan to choose the equipment, and after the option, the co-driver will be provided with electric leg rests and foot rests, and support zone heating.
The front and rear seats are not equipped with ventilation and massage functions as standard, and the front row option costs 9,500 yuan, and the front and rear options cost 15,000 yuan.
So if you choose a little, the price of the new ES6 will reach 400,000.
In terms of intelligence, how does it perform?
The all-new ES6 is the first model to be launched on the NIO Banyan 2.0.0 system.
Banyan means banyan tree. The so-called Banyan system refers to NIO's second-generation intelligent system, including on-board intelligent hardware, vehicle computing platform, vehicle operating system, intelligent algorithm, and intelligent application.
The system is equipped with NIO's second-generation platform models, so you can see that the NIO ET7, ES7, ET5, EC7, all-new ES6, and the new ES8, which will start delivery in June, are all equipped with the Banyan system.
So far, the Banyan system has been iterated more than 20 versions, and this time the new ES6 is its latest version, Banyan 2.0.0.
The new functions are mainly reflected in three aspects: "exclusive service group boarding", "automatic planning of circuit lines", and "voice assistant calendar notes".
In turn, the first one means that you can directly initiate service requirements to the exclusive service group through the vehicle machine, and support one-click sending of vehicle information such as location and system screen recording.
The second means that you can initiate navigation with one click on the map interface of the car machine, and the system can provide you with a variety of power-up path planning schemes.
The third function is that you can talk to the voice assistant in the car and let it help you remember and remind you, for example, you can say to it, "Remind me to pick up my children from school in 1 hour".
These three new functions are equivalent to moving the operations that were usually done on mobile phones to the car.
Of course, the new Banyan system also includes upgrades to the entertainment system, such as providing a standalone game application.
Other second-generation platform models that want to use these features will not be launched until late June this year. Including the aforementioned ISS intelligent comfort braking system, it will also be pushed to other second-generation NIO platform models together with the banyan 2.0.0 system.
In terms of intelligent cockpit, the new ES6 comes standard with a 10.2-inch LCD instrument cluster, a 12.8-inch OLED center control screen, a 9.3-inch HUD, and a 6.6-inch multi-function control screen in the rear (which can be used to adjust the rear air conditioning and seats, and can also adjust the passenger seat and cut songs).
Although the rear row does not have a large screen like the front row, you can also spend 4600 yuan to choose the N-Box enhanced entertainment host, with which you can wear AR glasses in the car to watch movies and play games, which is equivalent to experiencing an equivalent 6-meter, maximum 201-inch screen.
At this press conference, when asked whether the NOMI voice assistant would consider accessing the large model, Li Bin responded:
The big model actually gives us a new direction, I think this is very helpful for the AI assistant, or we say "emotional partners", the big model will be very helpful to its improvement, and we have already started work in this area.
As for intelligent driving, the new ES6 is consistent with other second-generation platform models since ET7.
In terms of hardware, it is equipped with 4 NVIDIA Orin X chips as standard, with a total computing power of 1016TOPS.
The vehicle is equipped with a total of 33 sensors:
It includes 1 lidar, 7 8-megapixel cameras, 4 3-megapixel cameras, 1 enhanced main driver perception, 5 millimeter-wave radars, 12 ultrasonic radars, V2X vehicle-road cooperative perception, and 2 high-precision positioning units.
With such a hardware configuration, 23 assisted driving functions are provided:
NOP+ is actually the high-speed pilot assistant driving function launched by NIO, which supports the following functions in highway and urban expressway scenarios:
In addition, the high-speed pilot power exchange will be the first batch of 40 high-speed power exchange stations in the third quarter of this year. This function is actually equivalent to combining NOP+ in high-speed scenes with automatic power replacement.
As for the city pilot assisted driving, Li Bin revealed that the experience will be opened in a small area in Shanghai in the near future (within this year).
The above is the basic content of the new ES6, 368,000 you can buy a NIO currently the cheapest, most cost-effective SUV, all intelligent configurations are full with one click, Li Bin said "NIO's most important model".
In the previous earnings call, Li Bin estimated that the three models of ET5, ET5 Touring and ES6 combined will achieve monthly sales of more than 20,000 vehicles.
The day after the release of the new ES6 price, the market gave corresponding feedback: NIO's Hong Kong stock price has fallen by 9.49%, and the market value has lost 10.8032 billion Hong Kong dollars (equivalent to about 9.75 billion yuan) overnight.
For this car, some netizens believe that this price does not have an advantage.
Others feel that the ideal L7 seems to be more cost-effective.
But NIO old ES6 owners are satisfied:
One more thing
I have to say that on the day NIO released the new car, the car circle was really lively~
Gaohe executives congratulated NIO on the launch of the new ES6, and announced the pre-sale price of HiPhi Y: starting from 369,000 yuan.
Li Xiangfa Weibo set a new flag - the ideal L7 will achieve monthly sales of 20,000 vehicles in October this year.
Xpeng Motors issued a first-quarter financial report, and also brought a wave of heat to Xpeng G6.
△From the official Weibo of Xpeng Motors
Zhiji, a subsidiary of SAIC, announced the separation price of the LS7 from 239,800 yuan.
In this way, NIO's new ES6 benchmark model is really a lot... I just don't know which side consumers will end up on.
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