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NIO ET5 Touring NIO is a Chinese manufacturer of electric cars, batteries, autonomous driving technology and consumer electronics, based in Shanghai. In 2014, Chinese entrepreneur and millionaire William Li founded the startup NextEV, whose main task was to build an autonomous electric car. He quickly attracted investors, including Chinese technology giants such as Lenovo, Baidu and Tencent. The ET prototype saw the light of day in 2019 and two years later the serial ET7 went into production. The NIO ET5 is a D-segment car, i.e. a mid-size sedan modeled on the flagship ET7 limousine. However, the ET5 Touring is the brand's first station wagon. The car is 4.8 meters long and has a wheelbase of 2.88 meters. These dimensions place the ET5 Touring between the Skoda Octavia and the larger Superb. The wheelbase is exactly the same as in the new Volkswagen Passat (only the station wagon), but the car is a bit shorter. It looks similar in the case of the competing Tesla 3, which is shorter but has a similar wheelbase. However, the Tesla 3 is not available in the station wagon version. Two electric motors are used to drive the ET5. The front, induction with a power of 204 HP and the rear, with permanent magnets, with a power of 285.5 HP. The total maximum system power is 490 HP and the maximum torque is 700 Nm. Thanks to them, the Nio ET5 acceleration to 100 km/h is to take 4.3 seconds. This is a result similar to the Tesla Model 3 Long Range without the Acceleration Boost package. The battery in the ET5 Touring can have two capacities: 75 or 100 kWh, which is to guarantee a range of 456 or 590 km. Price? The ET5 Touring is priced at PLN 238,900. However, this is the price without the battery, because Nio is the only brand that offers the option of replacing the battery instead of charging it. The battery requires a separate subscription. The larger one costs PLN 800 per month, the smaller one PLN 1,400. You can also buy batteries, then the price of the car increases: with a 75 kWh battery to PLN 294,900, with a 100 kWh battery to PLN 336,900.