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NIO held its NIO Day 2023 a number of days in the past. The very first thing that stood out to me concerning the occasion was this image:

It appears like a Taylor Swift live performance or one thing. In response to the corporate, greater than 10,000 folks have been on the occasion, which was held on the Xi’an Olympic Sports activities Heart Stadium. That appears like a enjoyable occasion, and it impresses upon the viewer how robust and excited concerning the firm the fan base is. I ought to say, the buyer base, however that simply makes my level but once more.

The second factor that jumped out to me was the recent new ET9. As I said within the title, the mannequin appears smooth, slick, and good. NIO calls it the corporate’s “good electrical government flagship.” The outside grabs one’s consideration with out being too loud, however the view from the inside hints at 1st class seating in an airplane. I really like the sunshine bar and controls in the course of the ceiling, and the break up moonroof presents a cool, distinctive.

“NIO ET9 adopts a four-seat format. The progressive ‘Sky Island’ and ‘Government Bridge’ create unique first-class consolation. Contained in the ‘Government Bridge’, NIO ET9 presents a 360-degree versatile tray desk for the passengers within the rear seats, which could be adjusted at any angle. The primary-class rear seats of NIO ET9 file 24 self-developed patented applied sciences, with a most backrest adjustment angle of 45 levels, a seat cushion width of 582mm, and 11 changes with one click on, offering benchmarking snug expertise. Furthermore, the 7 electrical sunshades could be activated with one click on,” NIO writes.

“SkyRide Clever Chassis System of NIO ET9 integrates three core {hardware} programs — steer-by-wire, rear-wheel steering, and full energetic suspension — for the primary time, making it the world’s solely driven-by-wire clever chassis. Within the face of complicated street circumstances, NIO ET9 can ship a driving expertise akin to touring on a flat floor.”

NIO says that the ET9 is filled with authentic, progressive expertise. That’s arduous to imagine when the auto business is so huge and a lot within the business is shared throughout corporations as a result of it comes from the identical suppliers. But it surely’s arduous to not be a bit impressed by these numbers: the ET9 consists of “100 NIO full-stack applied sciences, together with 17 world-first applied sciences, 52 main applied sciences, and 525 patents filed.”

The automotive additionally consists of Full-Area 900V Structure, which is a primary for China. It comes with a peak energy charging capability of 600 kW and a peak charging present of 765 amps. It might probably add 255 kilometers (158 miles) in simply 5 minutes! Naturally, being a NIO, it could actually additionally use battery swapping. Frankly, that is all high tier. However there’s extra!

“NIO ET9 boasts a self-developed clever system, the place NIO’s tremendous computing platform Adam 2.0 helps computing features in six main areas, particularly clever driving, digital cockpit, clever chassis, physique, e-powertrain, and cloud. NIO premiered its first 5nm automotive-grade chip for AD, the NX9031, attaining a powerful mixture of computing energy and proprietary algorithms. It shares computing sources between autonomous driving and cockpit domains, making certain final security and effectivity. SkyOS, NIO’s automobile working system, creates a technical cluster protecting automobile management, clever driving, cockpit, and cellular connectivity, constituting the ‘soul’ of the chief flagship.”

The one draw back of all this information: the ET9 gained’t begin being delivered to clients till the first quarter of 2025. So, there’s greater than a 12 months to attend. I think about it is going to be well worth the wait, although. The ET9 is a stunner inside and outside.