Recently, the spy photos of the first model of the second brand of NIO during the test in Heihe**, which is also the first product of the second brand of NIO, codenamed "Alps". The car will be positioned as an all-electric coupe SUV and will support battery swapping.
NIO's move aims to enter the 200,000-300,000 mainstream family car market, mainly benchmarking against Tesla's Model Y. Compared with the previous EC6, the Alps brand will focus more on volume, and all models will be based on NIO's third-generation technology platform, NT30 for development and connected with NIO's charging and swapping network. The car may be larger in size than the Model Y, or positioned as a mid-size or mid-to-large SUV. In addition, Li Bin, CEO of NIO, said that the Alps car has a larger screen than the Model Y, ** lower, and also supports an 800-volt platform and battery swapping.
Spy photos show that the new car adopts the styling design of a coupe SUV, equipped with frameless doors, hidden door handles, and a "ducktail" design at the rear. Judging by the details, there is no LiDAR installed on the top, but a side HD camera on the left and right sides of the front of the car, indicating that the car will have high-speed NOP navigation assistance, but it may not be equipped with urban NOP navigation assistance.
Li Bin of NIO said that the Alps brand will have a more competitive ** than Tesla and provide better products and services. The first model is expected to be equipped with NIO's self-developed intelligent driving chip to provide users with a smarter and safer driving experience.
According to NIO's announcement, they have applied to the competent authorities of Anhui Province to complete the filing of pure electric passenger car investment projects, and have been included in the list of automobile manufacturers of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which means that NIO has obtained independent car manufacturing qualifications.
NIO will launch the second brand in the second quarter, the first car in the third quarter, and start deliveries in the fourth quarter. Li Bin said that the Alps brand will launch a very competitive model, and its second model is an SUV, which is progressing well and is expected to be launched to the market next year.