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At this year's NIO Day 2019 launch, Xilai unveiled its third production car, the SUV EC6. The new car will be available in two versions, but the price will still have to be announced in July and delivery will begin in September. The new car will directly mark Tesla Model Y, which goes on sale next year, so Li Bin, CE0 of Lailai, said frankly, "Please allow us to retain some market flexibility."

Although it is called a new car, but this model is a derivative of ES6, in order to distinguish and name EC6, the appearance is basically the same as ES6, the family's iconic "X-Bar" shape, with separate lamp groups, day lights and headlights are arranged separately, using LED light source.

In addition to the slip-back design, the side of the body is also similar to the ES6, but the shape is more sporty; in addition, because the slip-back design model is also more in line with aerodynamics, the wind resistance coefficient is as low as 0.27Cd.

It is worth mentioning that EC6 uses an integrated dome glass roof design for the first time, covering an area of about 2.1square meters. And use the largest double-layer insulating glass of the same class, which can isolate 85% of the heat and 99.5% of the ultraviolet rays.

The EC6 sports version is equipped with dual 160kW permanent magnet motors and accelerates in only 5.6s at 100km. At the same time, the EC6 can carry a brand new 100kwh liquid-cooled thermostatic battery pack, and the performance version has a NEDC life of 615km. It is 90 kilometers higher than the ES6.

At the press conference, NIO also brought a new ES8, which is based on the upgrade of the cash model, which has little change in appearance compared to the current model, but has been upgraded in appearance, interior and power battery. The dashboard and central control screen, which were originally "complained" by many car owners, were upgraded to 11.3 inches and 9.8 inches. The color matching of the car body has added the annual color of Antarctic Star Blue in 2020, and the NEDC has been upgraded to 580km.

Although the new ES8 has been improved in many ways, its price has also increased by about 20, 000 yuan. The new ES8 offers two models with six and seven seats, with a starting price of 468000 yuan before the subsidy. Another signed version of the model, which contains eight sets of configurations, starts at 558000 yuan before the subsidy.

At present, the new Lvlai ES8 has started booking at the same time on the Xilai App and the official website, and the first batch of vehicles is expected to be delivered in April 2020. In addition, through the APP, it was found that as of 7: 00 a.m. on December 29th, the scheduled number of EC6 had reached 194.

With the addition of more models, so that Xilai in the product formation will become richer, and then the car model ET will also be released, and now the declaration map has been exposed. The new ES8 has been upgraded in all aspects, or will be able to increase sales, so that it will not be in the embarrassment of the current flagship price but not the flagship configuration.

According to the latest sales data from Xilai, the total number of units delivered in the first 11 months reached 17395, ES6 delivered 8896 units, and ES8 delivered 8499 units for the whole year, temporarily ranking first among new power car companies.

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