The Nio ES8 is a seven-seater electric SUV.
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This swap system should allow the fully automatic replacement of batteries in a type of garage. The car maker is planning to set up 1,100 Power Swap Stations by 2020 and also to deploy more than 1,200 Power Mobile vehicles, which can deliver a range of around 100 kilometres after charging for ten minutes. The liquid-cooled 70-kWh battery pack consists of VDA-sized square cell batteries. These cells are designed for a 2,000-charge lifecycle and allow the ES8 to achieve a range of 355 kilometres based on the New European Driving Cycle.
With two electric motors both at the front and rear, the SUV delivers a total of 480 kilowatts (644 hp) of power and 840 newton meters of torque to all four wheels. Nio claims an acceleration of 4.4 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h. Supplier Magna supplies the aluminium chassis of the ES8.
Artificial intelligence on board the NIO ES8
The driver assistance system "Nio Pilot" is in the first vehicle to use Mobileye’s eyeQ4 and has twenty-three sensors, one trifocal front-facing camera, four surround exterior cameras, five millimetre-wave radars, twelve ultrasonic sensors and one driver monitor camera. With a wheelbase of more than three metres, there should be no problems with space in the seven-seater SUV. The driver looks onto a digital instrument cluster in the cockpit. The ES8 features a voice-operated AI, called "Nomi", via the upright touchscreen on the centre console. The vehicle- and cloud-based assistance system controls the electric vehicle’s connectivity functions.