NIO has announced the price of its EC6, ranging from 368,000 to 526,000 yuan pre-subsidy, with battery swapping available and a subsidy of 18,000 yuan. The first batch of vehicles will be delivered in late September. The sports version, which comes equipped with a 70 kWh battery pack, will be priced from RMB 368,000. The performance version starts at RMB 408,000, and the signature edition at RMB 468,000. NIO has also revealed the detailed plan of its Battery as a Service (BaaS) program recently.
The differences between the EC6 and ES6 are listed as follows: the EC6 has a new Himalayan brown interior theme, comes standard with Microfiber suede headliner and premium audio equipment, and has a more delicate microcloud fiber material for its dashboard and door panels. Additionally, three new fragrances have been added to NIO’s intelligent fragrance system.
NIO has achieved over 55 million kilometers of total drive distance for its NP platform, along with 139 battery swap stations and over 700,000 swaps as of now.
According to 42Garage, this price was expected. With this product, NIO reduces options and makes Microfiber suede headliner and premium audio equipment standard, which actually lowers the cost by RMB 6,100 compared to the same configuration of the ES6. The changes made to the EC6’s design further elevate NIO’s sense of luxury, and the company hopes to create a sense of atmosphere — if luxury can move you, it will be hard for you to resist spending a lot when sitting in the EC6 cabin. EC6 is the fourth model of NIO’s first-generation platform, and it is believed to be NIO’s most mature work so far. The announcement of the BaaS program is expected to bring down this entry-level price point of RMB 350,000. “`markdown
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