Further particulars about Nio’s upcoming Firefly EV have been revealed through the most recent Ministry of Business and Info Know-how (MIIT) catalog. The automobile is confirmed to be geared up with a 42.1 kWh battery pack and gives a CLTC vary of 420 km, delivering 10 km of vary per kWh.
The MIIT releases new automobile declaration catalogs periodically containing technical specs of upcoming automobiles. This latest catalog accommodates an inventory of “New Power Automobile Fashions Exempt from Automobile Buy Tax”, with the Firefly EV being featured beneath the pure battery EV part.
Extra on the Firefly EV
Like different NIO fashions, the Firefly will help battery swapping, making the battery swappable, chargeable, and upgradable. Based on earlier MIIT filings, the battery pack is a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery from Sunwoda, first time Nio provider.
The automobile has been open for pre-sale since final Nio Day, with a pre-sale worth of 148,800 yuan (20,400 USD), and is ready to formally launch in April this 12 months. When it comes to dimensions, the automobile measures 4003/1781/1557 mm, with a wheelbase of 2615 mm.
Based on official sources, the automotive options light-weight, low-drag wheels and extremely personalized low-rolling-resistance tires to enhance vitality effectivity. Moreover, its electrical drive effectivity, battery vitality density, excessive and low-voltage administration, and general thermal administration technique will contribute to raised vitality consumption efficiency.
For the powertrain, the automotive will likely be geared up with a rear-wheel-drive motor with a most energy output of 105 kW. It additionally contains a close to 50:50 front-to-rear weight distribution and a rear-wheel-drive motor structure, guaranteeing higher traction and dealing with.
As well as, the Firefly’s inside has been revealed to function a floating full LCD instrument panel and central management display screen, a dual-spoke multifunction steering wheel, and a middle console with out bodily buttons, adopting a column-mounted gear shifter.
When it comes to area, the Firefly contains a 92-liter entrance trunk, the most important in its class, providing layered storage and a built-in drainage perform to accommodate numerous way of life gear. When the rear seats are folded down, the automobile gives a flat cargo area of over 1,250 liters. The automobile can be designed to fulfill the most recent C-NCAP and Euro NCAP five-star security requirements, with a class-leading 9 airbags as normal.
Firefly CEO Daniel Jin has said that Firefly is designed as a worldwide EV. The mannequin will compete with BMW’s Mini model, with a less expensive beginning worth, and Sensible, Mercede’s and Geely’s three way partnership. The model is predicted to enter the European market in Q2 2025, with Latin America and Southeast Asia to comply with.
Sources: MIIT
