Nio utilized for homologation of a barely refreshed 2025 ET5 sedan, ET5 Touring, the best-selling SUV ES6, and EC6, revealing the design adjustments. William Li, firm CEO, beforehand mentioned that the inside will even be up to date, primarily the display space.
Each automobile should be authorized by a regulator underneath the Ministry of Trade and Info Expertise (MIIT) to acquire a gross sales license in China. The ministry publishes a listing of all candidates each month, with fundamental photographs and specs. Automakers are usually not joyful about this as a result of it reveals a few of their secrets and techniques, however we don’t thoughts.
All refreshed Nio vehicles could have the identical drivetrain, battery choices, and different core specs, because the vehicles had been listed not in the principle MIIT catalog however within the facet catalog for minor refreshes.
The entrance of the ET5, or its property variant, ET5 Touring, was barely modified, particularly the entrance bumper and headlights. The world round daytime operating and fog lights was modified from a triangular form to one thing wanting like a top-slanted rectangle.
All listed fashions have the Champion Version badge on the rear. That is nothing new in China. BYD beforehand used the Champion Version label for its 2024 annual mannequin updates, which had been cheaper than the 2023 fashions. We are able to assume Nio will use this badge to differentiate 2025 fashions from the earlier yr’s lineup.
The design adjustments are minor and are fairly a slight refresh than an everyday facelift. The 4 fashions to obtain the refresh are additionally Nio’s 4 best-selling EVs.
Editor’s remark
In China, it’s at all times necessary to concentrate to what was mentioned and what wasn’t. Nio’s former flagship SUV, the ES8, the ET7 flagship sedan, the EC7 SUV, and the ES7 weren’t listed for a refresh. William Li additionally beforehand introduced that the corporate will launch a “facelifted” mannequin each quarter from Q2 onwards, saying that ET5, ET5 Touring, ES6, and EC6 might be up to date. He mentioned nothing about ES8, ET7, EC7, or ES7.
And that’s not a shock; these fashions are long-term gross sales losers for the Shanghai-based automaker. Nio ES7 offered solely 330 items in China in January, EC7 110 items, ET7 239 items, and ES8 446 items.
Nio’s first mass-produced automobile and as soon as a motor behind its gross sales, ES8, offered 9,188 items in 2024, down 35% from 2023. Nio ES7 offered just one,874 items in 2024, down 71.3% from 2023.
Nio ES7 gross sales are low in the long run, and Nio confronted criticism for having too many fashions in its lineup. If I’ve to guess, Nio is contemplating discontinuing ES7, and 2025 is the final yr we see ES7 available on the market. It is a good factor. With ES6 promoting nicely and Onvo L60 ramping up, there isn’t any area for a mannequin that gives nearly the identical for the next worth, as we already talked about final yr.
