TESTER’S NOTE
Nio offers a ‘lounge seat’ option for the front passenger that brings 22-way adjustment, a footrest and the ability to recline to virtually horizontal. VP
TESTED 26.9.23, TANNIS BUGT, DENMARK ON SALE LATE 2024 (EST)
NIO EL6 New family SUV from Chinese EV specialist is overflowing with innovation
We should start here by pointing out that you can’t buy the Nio EL6 in the UK.
Not yet, anyway.
However, Nio has already started selling cars in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden and a UK offensive is highly likely before the end of 2024, with this 4.85-metre-long family SUV set to be one of the Chinese EV specialist’s launch models.
It’s hard not to draw comparisons between the EL6 and the supersmooth, computer-mouse styling that Tesla has made its own, although there’s more than a hint of Hyundai at the front. Sleek and inoffensive yet generic just about sums it up, although that camera housing above the windscreen is distinctive, if perhaps not in a flattering way. Taxi, anyone?