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That matters because it can change how the car works or how it’s supported over time.","imageAttribution":"Premeditated (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}},{"startTime":1164.64,"endTime":1169.76,"type":"car","title":"EC6","url":"/cars/nio/ec6","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/NIO_EC6_003.jpg","quote":"[1164.6s]  Retrofit for the E-T5 and E-T5 touring, the ES6 and EC6 from earlier years,\n[1169.8s]  and the E-T9 from last year.","canonicalId":"car:ec6:","priority":0.5,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The NIO EC6 is listed alongside the ES6 as a model from earlier years that can receive the retrofit assisted-driving indicator lights. This suggests the upgrade is designed to work across multiple NIO EV platforms.","simplifiedExplanation":"The NIO EC6 is another NIO electric model that NIO says can be upgraded with the new assisted-driving lights. 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Here, they’re using AI to help people shop for cars and handle financing and trade-in estimates more easily."}}],"speakers":[{"id":"s1","name":"Martyn Lee","role":"host"}],"transcripts":[{"url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/china-april-evs-head-towards-60-porsche-cayenne-gets-china-spec-and-byd-great-tang-starts-strong-27-apr-2026/transcript.vtt","type":"text/vtt"}]}