The brand new EC6 present vehicles have already arrived at Nio’s showrooms and check drives will kick off on September 15.
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Nio (NYSE: NIO) will start deliveries of the brand new EC6 on the following day of the coupe SUV’s launch, persevering with what it has finished to this point this 12 months to capitalize on preliminary buyer enthusiasm.
Minutes after confirming that the brand new EC6 might be launched on September 15, the electrical automobile (EV) maker introduced that the mannequin might be delivered beginning September 16, roughly according to buyer order lock-in instances.
The brand new EC6 present vehicles have already arrived at Nio’s showrooms and check drives will kick off on September 15, the corporate introduced in a put up on the Nio App.
The pre-order deposit for the brand new EC6 is RMB 5,000 (680), and clients who initially ebook will obtain Nio Credit price RMB 1,000 upon locking of their order.
The pre-order channel for the mannequin will finish at first of order lock-ins, it mentioned.
Nio has but to launch specs and pricing info for the brand new EC6. The corporate mentioned earlier as we speak that it’ll maintain an occasion to launch the brand new EC6 on September 15, beginning at 8 pm Beijing time.
Nio presently sells the ES8, ES6, ES7, ET5, ET7, EC7, ET5 Touring, all primarily based on the newest NT 2.0 platform.
The EC6 is the one remaining piece of the puzzle as the corporate switches fashions from the older NT 1.0 platform to the NT 2.0 platform this 12 months.
In February, the brand new EC6 entered a regulatory submitting catalog launched by China’s Ministry of Trade and Data Expertise (MIIT), revealing the mannequin’s core specs.
The brand new EC6 makes use of the identical LiDAR and digicam setup on the roof as the remainder of the NT 2.0-based platform, and the entrance and taillight design are just like the remainder of Nio’s newest fashions.
The brand new EC6 measures 4,849 mm in size, 1,995 mm in width, 1,697 mm in peak and has a wheelbase of two,915 mm, in accordance with the regulatory submitting.
The brand new EC6 is powered by twin electrical motors manufactured by Nio’s electrical drive programs division in Hefei, Anhui province, with most energy of 150 kW and 210 kW, respectively, and may assist a high pace of 200 km/h.
The powertrain’s specs are the identical as these of the brand new ES6, ET5, and ET5 Touring, and Nio’s dearer ES8, ES7, and EC7 all characteristic extra highly effective motors, with the entrance motor maxing out at 180 kW and the rear motor at 300 kW.
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Nio confirms new EC6 to be launched on Sept 15, already accepting pre-orders