Wagons do not rock the gross sales charts in main automobile markets like China and america, however they continue to be very fashionable in Europe regardless of slowly dropping market share to SUVs.

Relating to electrical station wagons, although, they’re very laborious to seek out, whatever the market. Excluding the MG MG5 EV and the Porsche Taycan Sport/Cross Turismo, we’re struggling to call one other all-electric wagon on sale at the moment.

We’ll have the ability to add a 3rd mannequin to the checklist, nonetheless, as Chinese language EV startup Nio quickly will likely be launching a wagon variant of its Tesla Mannequin 3-rivaling ET5 electrical sedan.

The primary pictures of it have been printed by China’s Ministry of Trade and Info Expertise (MIIT) as as a part of the homologation course of. Based on CarNewsChina, Nio has developed the ET5 wagon particularly for the European market, although will probably be bought in China as nicely. This is what it’s essential know concerning the electrical wagon.

From a styling perspective, it appears precisely just like the Nio ET5 sedan seen from the entrance, whereas the aspect view reveals an extended and fewer swoopy roofline and a bigger third lateral window. 

Seen from the again, the Nio ET5 wagon shows a beneficiant roof spoiler above the extra upright rear display that additionally includes a tiny wiper. Every little thing else appears very acquainted, together with the taillights and lightweight bar that unites them, and the sporty bumper with an air diffuser on the backside.

In comparison with the sedan, the Nio ET5 wagon is identical dimension, measuring 188.6 inches in size, 77.1 inches in width, and 59 inches in peak, with a wheelbase of 113.7 inches.

Just like the sedan, the Nio ET5 wagon will provide three battery choices. The usual vary mannequin includes a 75-kilowatt-hour pack with hybrid ternary-LFP (NMC-LFP) chemistry, the lengthy vary variant packs a 100-kWh ternary battery, whereas the extremely lengthy vary variant carries a semi-solid state 150-kWh pack. 

As with all Nio automobiles, the ET5 wagon will assist battery swap expertise. The car may also share the motors with the sedan, with all variants that includes a dual-motor setup combining a 150-kilowatt (201-horsepower) motor on the entrance axle and 210-kW (281-hp) motor on the rear axle. The mixed most energy is 360 kW (482 hp).

Relating to the identify, Nio hasn’t made it public but, however an worker advised CarNewsChina that will probably be referred to as ET5 Touring. Manufacturing will happen on the JAC-Nio manufacturing unit in Hefei, which is attention-grabbing as a result of the ET5 sedan is made at NeoPark, a distinct plant wholly owned by Nio.