Recently, two road test photos of what appears to be NIO’s second sedan model, ET5 test car, were exposed on social media platforms. According to current news, it is likely to be officially released at the Suzhou NIO Day event on December 18.
In terms of appearance, it can be seen that the design of the daytime running lights and the body C-pillar styling of the ET5 test car are similar to those of the ET7.
In terms of body size, the body size of the test car will be slightly smaller than the already released ET7, and we suspect that its model should be a medium-sized B-class car, and its benchmark competitors may be Tesla Model 3 and XPeng P7.
Combined with NIO’s new second-generation large-scale integrated casting platform released on October 18, the ET7 and ET5 may be produced on the new production line using an integrated casting structure. If the news is true, this will be the only two vehicles apart from the Tesla Model Y to adopt an integrated casting structure.
But the specific details will have to wait until Suzhou NIO Day in December for further announcement.
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