NIO ET7 is the new fully-electric sedan from the Shanghai car manufacturer. Presented at NIO Day, on Saturday 9 January 2021, it is the electric car with the longest autonomy ever (1,000km), and with technologies of the highest level. In addition to the presentation of the car, the Chinese manufacturer also showed the public the new battery replacement station and the 150 kWh solid-state battery pack.
The new NIO ET7 is the latest electric car model produced by the Chinese company and the first with the body of a sedan. The electric car is 5.09 meters long, with a wheelbase of 3.06 meters and with huge interior space.
Aesthetically, the electric car has very elegant shapes but also a sporty character. The car's interior has a minimalist style, and the 1.9 square meters panoramic roof enhances the feeling of space. There are also two touch screens, one behind the steering wheel, the other in the centre of the dashboard, which allow passengers to use them as smartphones, as well as useful for driving. Nio also offers fully air-conditioned leather massage chairs complemented by a 1,000 watts sound system.
The electric vehicle has a more powerful battery pack than the previous ones, and for NIO ET7, there will be three battery pack available: the 70 kWh - allows a range of over 500 kilometres, the 100 kWh solid-state battery - allows a range of over 700 kilometres, and the 150 kWh solid-state battery - allows a range of over 1,000 kilometres. Important: All batteries can be exchanged at the unique battery exchange stations. Nio announces that the ET7 will come with solid-state batteries that should have an energy density of up to 360 watt-hours per kilogram. That would be around 40% more than Tesla currently has available.
The Nio et7 electric sedan also brings a novelty: the "NIO Autonomous Driving" system, which should be able to drive the car from one place to another by itself, without problems. To achieve this, the car has 12 ultrasonic sensors, radar system and 11 video cameras with a resolution of 8 megapixels that allows the system to recognize vehicles at a distance of up to 687 meters and pedestrians up to 223 meters. (For example, the cameras used by Tesla only have 1.2 megapixels.)
Theoretically, the NIO ET7 beats the Tesla Model S, currently the best electric car on the market. To be able to discover the true potential of this car, however, we will have to wait until 2022. The pre-order is already available, and the price is between 56,000 and 66,000 euros. Nio intends to rent out the driver assistance systems. If you want to have all the available systems activated, you have to pay around 90 Euro per month.
