Chinese electric powered vehicle organization Nio has uncovered the new EC7 as a luxury-centered SUV-coupé with a lounge-design and style inside, state-of-the-art cabin technologies and a vary of approximately 600 miles.
Uncovered at the firm’s yearly Nio Working day presentation, the Audi Q8 E-tron Sportback rival is in essence a more rakish variation of the lately discovered Nio ES7 SUV, and will comply with that motor vehicle into Chinese showrooms from Might 2023.
Nio chairman William Li made no point out of programs for a European launch at its unveiling, but the model just lately arrived in the industry with the ES7 (marketed as EL7 outside of China) and ET5 and ET7 saloons, so it really is very attainable this new addition will come below, much too.
Nio has pledged to begin advertising cars and trucks in the United kingdom by the conclusion of 2023, but so considerably has dedicated only to bringing the ET5 listed here alongside one more unnamed product.
The EC7 is billed as a higher-functionality and magnificent proposition with a ‘living room’ inside and some of the most state-of-the-art software and components on the sector – including a roof-mounted lidar device and 32 ‘high-precision’ sensors for amount 4 autonomous driving.
It rides on the exact system as the ES7, and steps 4968mm prolonged, 1974mm wide and 2960mm concerning the wheels. All those dimensions line it up neatly towards other mid-sized electric powered SUVs which include the Q8 E-tron, BMW iX and the impending Polestar 3.
That signifies the EC7 also receives the very same 644bhp, 627lb ft twin-motor, 4-wheel push powertrain and sprints from -62mph in just 3.8 seconds – marginally more quickly than the ES7 thanks to its aero-optimised layout.
Nio essentially claims the EC7 is the world’s most aerodynamically efficient SUV, with a drag coefficient of .23. The carmaker highlights airflow-optimising capabilities like the active entrance grille shutter and energetic spoiler – in addition to its sloping roof.
Its slipperiness suggests the EC7 features particularly aggressive selection figures. Outfitted with the entry-amount 75kWh battery, Nio statements the EC7 will vacation 304 miles for every charge, and that rises to 395 miles with the larger sized 100kWh unit.
But it really is the prime-rung 150kWh battery pack that nets a headline optimum variety determine of 572 miles – which in theory will make this 1 of the longest-legged EVs in creation. While, importantly, these figures are all dependent on China’s CLTC homologation cycle, which tends to give larger readings than Europe’s WLTP technique.
If it released right now, that would easily be the major battery on sale in Europe and more substantial than the Audi Q8 55 E-tron’s 118kWh. However, it can be nonetheless really a way off the GMC Hummer’s estimated 200kWh. The similar Lucid Air saloon offers a 118kWh for a optimum vary of 520 miles per charge.
As with all other Nio models, the EC7 is compatible with the brand’s Power Swap battery transforming stations, which provide significantly faster refills than chargers. The new 3rd-era Electrical power Swap station – revealed alongside the EC7 – residences 21 batteries at a time and can cope with a lot more than 400 swaps per working day.
