Author: CH_Han
I was excited about a new car like this the last time, probably the last time.
After waiting for a whole night after NIO Day 2021, we finally got our shooting time.
Before entering the studio for formal shooting, I had already been “impatient with hunger”, repeatedly looking at the photos of NIO ET5 and checking its model introduction and configuration sheet again and again, because I really like this car too much! I can’t remember the last time a new car excited me so much.
After the release of NIO ET5, it has become the car model with the highest first-day reservations in NIO’s history. After the price was announced, the reservation page was once crowded with consumers who rushed to it, causing it to lag. Of course, I also made a reservation.
What are the highlights of NIO ET5? Why do so many people blindly reserve it? We will discuss it in detail in this video.
It needs to be vaccinated in advance. In this video, I try to comment from a relatively objective perspective, but the deep feeling of liking cannot be hidden.
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1. Price
NIO ET5 with a 75kWh battery has a pre-subsidy price of 328,000 yuan, while the one with a 100kWh battery has a pre-subsidy price of 386,000 yuan. If you use the BaaS battery rental plan, the pre-subsidy prices are both 258,000 yuan, and the rental fees for the 75kWh and 100kWh batteries are 980 yuan and 1480 yuan per month, respectively.Considering that ET5 is a midsize pure electric coupe with all-wheel drive, 0-100 km/h in 4.3 seconds, and luxurious features such as frameless doors, electric suction doors, and a full set of autonomous driving hardware, as well as lifetime free battery swapping (up to 6 times per month), this price is really attractive.
It’s worth mentioning that many people compare battery monthly rentals to monthly fuel costs for gasoline cars, which is unreasonable. NIO’s battery rental should be considered a purchase cost, not a usage cost. BaaS reduces the vehicle’s price by 70,000 RMB / 128,000 RMB, and the battery ownership doesn’t belong to the user. Within 5 years, choosing BaaS will be more cost-effective than owning the battery outright. In addition, BaaS provides users with another choice, not the only option.
2. Appearance
The unique appearance design of the ET5 is the most important reason why so many people like this car. Especially the rear design of this car, which combines power and levels, showing both sportiness and elegance, making it the “most beautiful car butt of a Chinese brand“.
The ET5 has an exterior size of 479019601499 (mm) and a wheelbase of 2888mm. The length and wheelbase are between the standard BMW 3 Series and the long-wheelbase BMW 3 Series, but the width of the vehicle body exceeds that of the BMW 5 Series. Due to the compatibility of the battery swapping system, this car has an extraordinary width. Hence, it has a unique appearance proportion, which is a true “widebody coupe“.
The ET5 offers 9 body colors and 4 wheel shapes to choose from, and now, if you pre-order, you can enjoy the MOON-themed appearance package and limited-time free option of the “Aurora Orange” brake caliper, which caters to young people’s personalized needs.
3. Autonomous Driving/Assisted Driving
The ET5 is equipped with the latest NIO Autonomous Driving (NAD) technology, which includes 33 high-performance perception hardware, including one LiDAR, seven 8-megapixel HD cameras, and four 3-megapixel Sony surround-view dedicated cameras.ET5 will gradually realize point-to-point autonomous driving experience in high-speed, urban, parking, battery-swapping and other scenarios through NIO’s Aquila perception system and Adam supercomputing platform. The full functionality of NAD adopts a “monthly subscription model with monthly payment” service, namely ADaaS (AD as a Service), with a service fee of 680 yuan per month, providing users with more flexible purchase options and reducing the pressure of one-time purchase.
Without upgrading to higher-level features, NIO ET5 also comes with comprehensive active safety configurations and basic driving assistance configurations such as collision warning, automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assistance, and parking assistance.
4. Interior and Space
As the vehicle being photographed is still in the trial production stage, the interior cannot be accessed for the time being. However, during the filming, we unexpectedly opened the car door and felt the texture of the door opening. Just by touching the inner side of the door handle, the electric suction door will automatically pop open, which feels very high-end. Interested friends can check out the video.
In terms of interior design, NIO ET5 basically continues the design style of ET7, with the biggest difference being the position of the door panel and the inner door handle. ET5’s interior uses a lot of Clean+ environmentally friendly materials. NIO plans to enter 25+ countries and regions by 2025, and ET5 will also be pushed to the global market. The application of a large number of environmentally friendly materials is not only beneficial to protecting the environment, but also to improving the reputation of ET5 in the global market.
ET5’s interior still maintains NIO’s design of a horizontal screen (full LCD instrument panel) and a vertical screen (central control touch screen), and the screen size is relatively restrained to ensure the overall design sense of the interior. However, through the embedded AR/VR hardware in the car, ET5 can realize NIO’s panoramic digital cockpit PanoCinema.
NIO has jointly developed exclusive AR glasses with AR device company NREAL, which can project a super-large screen equivalent to 201 inches with a visual distanceof 6 meters. In addition, NIO has also cooperated with NOLO to develop NIO VR Glasses, which are equipped with ultra-thin Pancake optical lenses and can achieve 4K display with dual eyes. With the 256-color digital ambient light and the 7.1.4 Dolby panoramic sound system that comes standard in the entire series, the viewing and entertainment experience inside the ET5 are something to look forward to.In terms of rear space, through the car window glass, it can be seen that the rear space of ET5 is definitely larger than that of the standard wheelbase BMW 3 Series and closer to the level of the long wheelbase BMW 3 Series. Thanks to the 1960mm width of the car, the lateral space in the rear row is completely no need to worry about. As for the performance of headroom space, it is difficult to judge now, we can only wait for the subsequent opening of the interior to experience it.
This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.