When driving the Weilai EC6 on a winding road, the good support of the suspension and the very solid chassis gave us confidence in controlling the speed and direction of the vehicle when cornering. And when vehicles are merging or overtaking quickly, NIO EC6 can show very delicate and sensitive directivity and control feel. This kind of performance has allowed Weilai EC6 to "go where you point it" and "the car follows the hand" when facing various roads and traffic conditions, greatly improving travel efficiency.

In terms of comfort, as a large-sized pure electric SUV model, the rear riding experience of the Weilai EC6 can be said to exceed my expectations. Any discomfort for rear-seat passengers will instead present a very smooth, very linear acceleration and deceleration experience. This is a plus for a coupe SUV and can reduce consumers' concerns that this type of model cannot be used at home.

Of course, if you have also experienced Weilai ES6, you will find that the above features are also possessed by it. So what is the difference in driving quality between these two models? From the perspective of handling and comfort, the suspension of Weilai EC6 will be relatively "harder", and the bumps and vibrations on the road will be more obviously transmitted to the feet, helping the driver to understand the road conditions more clearly, that's all .

Next, let’s look at the “pure electric” part. The entire NIO EC6 series is equipped with a power system composed of dual motors. Except for the sports version, the maximum power of the two motors is 160kW. The maximum power of the front and rear motors of the other models is 160kW respectively. and 240kW; in addition, Weilai EC6 uses two different battery packs, 70kWh and 100kWh, with a cruising range from 430km to 615km.

In the actual driving process, the overall power response of the NIO EC6 is relatively sensitive, and the difference in different modes lies in the speed-up feeling after the response. In terms of driving modes, NIO EC6 has three default modes: comfort, energy saving, and sport. These three modes not only match the power output method and rhythm of the vehicle, but also automatically set the intensity of energy recovery. When the vehicle is in comfort mode, the speed-up feeling will be relatively linear, and the dragging feeling of energy recovery is not very obvious, it can be said to be very soft. When the vehicle is in sports mode, the pushing sensation of speeding up will be significantly enhanced, while energy recovery will not bring a strong sense of body at low speeds. When driving at high speeds, it may be because the vehicle's speed control is more sensitive, so The sense of energy recovery will also be stronger. Finally, when we adjust the vehicle to the economy mode, the speed increase of the vehicle is similar to that of the comfort mode, but the sense of energy recovery is stronger, so the drag feeling of deceleration will be stronger.

Intelligent assisted driving is very surprising

If the above driving experience can be felt on many pure electric models, then the intelligent driving assistance system of NIO EC6 will give you an "extraordinary" feeling, because it has high intelligence that many brands cannot achieve. In actual operation, it is even very close to human thinking and reaction.

NIO EC6 is equipped with the latest NOP pilot assistance technology. According to the official introduction, this technology can fully cover highways and urban expressways, and has fully automatic navigation assisted driving capabilities. Next, I will explain in detail the actual effects of these assistive technologies on the road.

First of all, when we plan to use the driving assistance function of Weilai EC6 for the first time, we need to make some settings in the car system in advance to determine what level of assistance functions the system will provide you. In the menu, we can set whether the driver is required to confirm when assisting in changing lanes, and adjust the monitoring range and warning method of the surrounding environment. Although these operations may seem a little cumbersome due to too many options, I think they are still necessary. This not only allows the system to work more in line with the actual needs of the driver, but more importantly, it allows us to understand autonomous driving as a whole. principles and precautions. This is just like when we play a new game, we need to adjust the screen size and contrast, set the buttons according to habits, and there will also be a novice tutorial to familiarize you with the game mechanics.

After everything is set up, we can activate the NOP pilot function at any time through the button in the center of the left side of the steering wheel while driving. The center of the instrument panel will display the road we are currently driving and the nearby vehicles. At this time, if the NIO EC6 is driving on multiple lanes, the system can use the camera and sensor radar to calculate and analyze for us in real time when and from which side to overtake, and this is also the excellence of the NIO NOP navigation system.