The NIO ET7 production version was unveiled on the eve of the 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show in China. NIO also announced pricing and colors. The NIO ET7 is a full electric sedan. It is the fourth NIO production car after the NIO ES8, the NIO ES6, and the NIO EC6. The NIO EP9 super car never went into production and only a few not-street legal cars were hand built for early investors in the company.
Design of the NIO ET7 is not a real
surprise anymore, since it has been around for so long. But it is still a very
pretty car with a clean and uncluttered design. Details like the integrated
rear spoiler and the light bar look very good. The new ET7 electric sedan has a
ultra slippery body with a drag coefficient of 0.208 Cd. The power train
consists of two electric motors. The motor at the front has 180 kW, the motor
at the rear has 300 kW. Combined power output is 480 kW (652 hp) and 850 Nm.
NIO offers three battery options for the
ET7: Standard (75 kWh for 500 km NEDC), Long Life (100 kWh for 700 km NEDc),
and Ultra Long Life (150 kWh for 1000 km NEDC). NIO didn’t open the doors of
the car on display yeT. Main features are a 10.2 inch digital instrument panel
and a 12.8 inch touch screen with a digital assistant on top. It also has a
HUD, a 4K driving recorder, a 5G wireless network, WiFi 6.0, Bluetooth 5.2, and
23-speaker sound system. The NIO ET7 will get a impressive autonomous-driving
package, with various sensors and cameras clearly visible above the front- and
rear windows and on the front fenders. The sensor system is called Aquila Super
Sensing, and NIO claims it features 33 sensing units.
NIO also announced pricing for the new NIO
ET7 electric sedan. Price of the base model with standard battery is 448.000
yuan (US$ 70,150). The fully loaded First Edition version with the largest battery
costs 526.000 yuan (US$ 82,370).
