30,000 cheaper than Model Y, 900V architecture also supports battery swapping, pre-sale starts at 219,900 yuan, Ledao L60 appearance interpretation

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2024-05-15 22:20Published on the official account of Beijing Tencent Automobile's original reporting team

On May 15, NIO's second brand, Ledao, was officially released, and its first model, Ledao L60, was also unveiled at the same time, and a pre-sale price of 219,900 yuan was announced, which will be launched and delivered in September.

The Ledao L60 is a mid-size pure electric coupe SUV, developed based on NIO's third-generation technology platform NT3.0, and is also built on a 900V silicon carbide platform, equipped with 75kWh and 100kWh battery packs, and can share a battery swap network with NIO, supporting 150kWh battery swapping, with a maximum range of 1000km+. After the listing, the core competitor is locked in the Tesla Model Y (from 249,900 yuan).

About ONVO: According to the official introduction, the brand ONVO means "happy family, good family", and the brand LOGO means "is an upward road, implying a happier, better, and thriving life journey". The launch of the Ledao brand is expected to bring better sales with a more people-friendly pricing direction and the brand concept of focusing on family cars, which will not only further improve the efficiency of NIO's R&D system, but also comprehensively revitalize NIO's long-term investment in systematic construction.

The L60 was designed by former Bentley designer Raul Pires, and adopted the WAY UP design concept. The front face adopts the iconic closed design of pure electric vehicles, and has a strong sense of hierarchy, the upper part is equipped with "L-shaped" daytime running lights as "light eyebrows", and at the same time forms a split design with the low and far beam groups below; The lower part is a combination of three-dimensional bumper + large-size trapezoidal air intake, and there are C-shaped deflector grooves on both sides, showing strong visual tension.

In terms of intelligent driving, according to the official, Ledao L60 can deliver ready-to-use pure visual intelligent driving solutions, and the whole system is equipped with 30 high-performance perception hardware as standard, including 1 4D imaging millimeter-wave radar, with a maximum detection distance of 370m; 7 x 8 million pixel HD cameras, with a forward detection distance of 687m; 4 starlight 360-degree cameras, as low as 12lux illumination can still be seen.

The side of the body adopts a short front and rear overhang design, coupled with a coupe-style roofline, large wheel arches raised at the front and rear, a low visual center of gravity, and a swooping attitude, creating a strong sense of sportiness visually. The new car also features floating exterior mirrors, concealed door handles, and rounded five-pointed star-shaped low-drag wheels, resulting in a drag coefficient of Cd 0.229 (Model Y Cd 0.236). The length, width and height of the vehicle are 4828mm/1930mm/1616mm, and the wheelbase is 2950mm, which has advantages in length and wheelbase compared with competing products.

The rear of the car is stocky and also full of three-dimensional layering, and the details can echo the front face, especially the slender LED taillight cluster, the embedded trapezoidal license plate area below and the black bumper at the bottom, these highly recognizable designs also constitute the new design of the Ledao brand. In addition, the fastback rear end is finally located on the small upturned rear spoiler, which visually further reinforces the sporty character of the car.

In terms of interior, Ledao L60 adopts the design concept of enveloping comfortable space, equipped with a 13-inch HUD head-up display on the minimalist style center console, 17.2-inch 3K retina-level central control screen, the screen adopts DCI-P3 color gamut standard, has 10bit color depth, can display 1.07 billion colors, the peak brightness of the screen exceeds 12000nits, and has anti-reflection, anti-fingerprint, anti-glare, and the screen is 5.35mm on three equal sides, and also has a 16:10 presentation ratio. In addition, the new car is also equipped with Dawn orange seat belts and cascading waterfall ambient lights to set off the atmosphere of the intelligent cockpit.

In terms of space, Ledao L60 is equipped with self-developed seats, and has silver ion antibacterial technology, the front seats can be folded down to form a comfortable recliner, and the rear row supports 4/2/4 ratio reclining, and the rear row also has an 8-inch entertainment control screen and other configurations. It is worth mentioning that the new car has a liftback tailgate with a very large opening and closing angle, as well as a more practical luggage compartment space, according to the official, when 5 people are fully traveling, the luggage compartment can put down 2 28 inches + 2 24 inches + 1 20-inch trolley box.

In terms of power, all models of Ledao are developed based on NIO's third-generation technology platform NT3.0, and are built on a 900V silicon carbide platform, with a comprehensive electric drive power of 92.3%, an energy consumption of 12.1kW per 100 kilometers, and a battery pack of 75kWh and 100kWh, and support BaaS battery leasing scheme, and can also share a battery swap network with NIO, and the 150kWh battery pack can be replaced by battery swapping for long-distance travel, with a range of 555km, 730km and 1000+ km. In addition, the new car adopts the front MacPherson + rear five-link independent suspension, as well as the FSD variable damping suspension, which will be more comfortable when passing through fine road surfaces.

Full text summary: From the pre-sale price, Ledao L60 is 30,000 yuan cheaper than the main rival Model Y, and it is expected that the official price will be lower when it is listed and delivered in September, and there is also a BaaS battery leasing program, and the model price is expected to be about 170,000 yuan. The core advantages of L60 are still 900V architecture, larger space, lower energy consumption and battery swap function, looking forward to the release of more configuration information in the future, and high configuration may also become a new highlight.

(Photo/text Liu Kanshun)

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