One of many largest and fastest-growing automobile corporations in China (and the world) is Nio, which has largely been targeted on the extra premium finish of the electrical automobile market. That’s now gonna change with Nio’s new Firefly subbrand, which was formally revealed final week with a cute ‘lil hatchback that shall be offered in China and Europe. Particulars concerning the Firefly are fairly slim, however there’s only one factor I actually need to know: Does it freak you out?
I ask as a result of the Firefly has a really distinctive entrance finish with a trio of spherical lights at every finish of a slim grille, organized in a triangular formation sort of like an iPhone digital camera. The rear finish mirrors the design of the entrance too, with similar trios of spherical taillights. I do know that folks on-line love to speak about how they’ve trypophobia, and it looks as if the Firefly’s design could possibly be sufficient to set off a response.
Personally, I believe the Firefly seems cute as hell. The way in which the C-pillar wraps across the roof and creates the rounded rear window is fairly cool, and general the Firefly’s design is good and clear. We don’t know precisely how small it’s, however Nio says it has a large frunk and rear cargo space, and it has a five-star Euro-NCAP ranking. Like different Nio fashions the Firefly could have swappable battery packs, and the swapping stations shall be one-third as costly because the equal Nio areas.
In China pre-orders for the Firefly have already opened at a beginning value simply over $20,000, and it needs to be about the identical quantity when it goes on sale in Europe within the first half of 2025. Not like the direct-to-consumer strategy that Nio has, the Firefly shall be offered by way of current vendor networks that carry different manufacturers.
