Nio ET7 electric sedan has 620 miles of range and an incredibly powerful self-driving system
Chinese automaker Nio has announced a new flagship model called the ET7, and it hits all the right spots when it comes to specs.
The Nio ET7, scheduled to be launched in 2022 in China, is a 5-meter long electric sedan with tons of range, a powerful dual motor and an advanced autonomous driving system, and it's all topped off with a luxurious interior and numerous features for user comfort.
The ET7 will be available with three batteries: 70kWh, 100kWh and 150kWh, the largest of which should give it more than 621 miles of range, which is roughly 200 miles better than the best Tesla Model S can do (though it's worth pointing out that Nio calculates range based on the Chinese NEDC system).
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Nio's new flagship sedan won't be as fast as the fastest Tesla, but it'll come pretty close. Its dual motors have a combined output of 644hp, and give the car a 0-62mph time of 3.9 seconds.
The ET7 will be equipped with a massive array of sensors – 33 in total – including eleven 8-megapixel cameras, LiDAR, ultrasonic sensors, and mmWave radars. The company says the car will beat Tesla when it comes to autonomous driving (according to Nio, the ET7's built-in computer is as powerful as 7 Tesla FSD computers), though it's unclear what that means in actual real-world performance.
Finally, the ET7 is equipped with such niceties as a a 12.8-inch AMOLED center display, a 10.2-inch digital instrument cluster, 5G, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity, a 23-speaker sound system, and massagers built into the seats.
The pricing for the ET7 starts at around $69,200 for the version with the 70kWh battery. The price for the variant with the 150kWh battery hasn't been released; that version should hit the market a little later, near the end of 2022.
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