On December 24, 2022, NIO Day 2022 is held in Hefei, China.
This year, NIO Day continues to adopt the bidding system. There are a total of 10 candidate cities, and more than 95,000 people participated in the voting. Hefei, where the NIO China headquarters is located, was finally selected. NIO users deeply participated in all aspects of this NIO Day. More than 1,400 users participated in the co-creation of NIO Day. 717 user volunteers from Hefei and all over the country warmly received car friends across the country. The band 2022 NIO Band formed by NIO user Huang Yida and others sang the annual theme song "Feel the Light" live, conveying the value proposition and emotional resonance of "serious life". The charity bazaar for users initiated by Anhui Charity Federation and NIO User Trust was opened to NIO users and Hefei citizens in Hall 5 of Hefei Binhu International Convention and Exhibition Center on the same day. All proceeds from the bazaar will be donated to Anhui Charity Federation. The NIO User Trust makes a 1:1 matching donation for the charity sale, which has become a vivid footnote for the NIO community to give back to the society.
NIO released the smart electric flagship coupe SUV EC7 and the all-scenario smart electric flagship SUV all-new ES8. Both models are born from NIO's latest second-generation technology platform, creating an experience that exceeds expectations for users in terms of design, performance, comfort, intelligence, and safety.
The intelligent electric flagship coupe SUV EC7 is a newly designed mid-to-large flagship coupe SUV by NIO. It interprets NIO's elegant features to the extreme and will become the aesthetic benchmark of coupe SUVs.
The EC7 is equipped with an air suspension and adopts NIO's new generation of high-efficiency electric drive platform. The maximum power of the front and rear dual motors is 480kW, and the acceleration time from 100 kilometers is 3.8 seconds; the shortest braking distance from 100 kilometers is 33.9 meters.
For the first time, the EC7 adopts the active lifting rear wing, which not only shapes the visual sense of movement of the EC7, but also improves the aerodynamic performance of the vehicle. The rear wing provides two gears of drag reduction and extreme speed, which respectively provide functions of drag reduction and increase of downforce. The drag coefficient of EC7 is as low as 0.230Cd, which is "the SUV with the lowest drag coefficient in the world".
EC7 adopts a panoramic sky glass with an area of 1.94 square meters. The optional intelligent dimming panoramic sky is the first time that black and gray neutral primary colors are used in electrochromic sky glass. Gear transmittance adjustment.
The new ES8, the all-scenario intelligent electric flagship SUV that was updated for the first time, is a medium-to-large six-seater SUV built for professionals and high-level managers in all walks of life.
The design of the new ES8 represents the most advanced expression of NIO's second-generation design language on SUV models. The appearance adopts the "Design for AD" design concept to achieve the integration of functionality and design, making the drag coefficient of the new ES8 only 0.250Cd.
The new ES8 also adopts a new generation of high-efficiency electric drive platform. The maximum power of the front and rear dual motors is 480kW, and the acceleration time from 100 kilometers is 4.1 seconds; with six-piston brake calipers, the shortest braking distance from 100 kilometers is 34.3 meters; through the IPB brake-by-wire system, Intelligent dual-cavity air suspension and self-developed ICC intelligent chassis domain controller greatly improve driving quality and adaptability.
The new ES8 is the first to use the self-developed NIO high-end seat platform. The driver's seat supports shoulder adjustment. The newly upgraded Queen's co-pilot can achieve a zero-gravity attitude through the one-button comfort mode. The width of the second row of independent seats reaches 550 mm, equipped with leg rests, and the one-button comfort mode forms a comfortable posture of 135°. The combination of digital layer + storage layer between the second row of central armrests creates a brand new "administrative island" layout. The digital layer provides NIO mobile phone car-machine interconnection and mobile phone wireless charging, cup holders, storage and other functions; the storage layer can choose a car refrigerator. The third row of seats adopts an enveloping design, equipped with seat heating and electric angle adjustment functions, and provides cup holders and Type-C charging ports. The ES8 is also available in a version equipped with two rows of independent seats and a central tunnel, making it easier to enter and exit the third row. With three rows of five-zone independent air-conditioning and fresh air system, each seat of the ES8 is extremely comfortable. The EC7 also uses this high-end seat platform.
The new ES8 adopts intelligent multi-beam headlights. With the support of lidar, combined with front-view camera and millimeter-wave radar, the new ES8 can automatically detect road conditions and guide the lighting system to achieve precise beam distribution; it can provide a variety of adaptive light patterns, including low-speed towns and urban roads , medium-speed country roads, high-speed roads, turning, dynamic continuous turning, intelligent high-beam anti-glare for meeting cars, intelligent high-beam anti-glare for following cars, and anti-dazzle for road signs. The EC7 is also equipped with this headlight.
Both the EC7 and the new ES8 are equipped with Weilai's latest Banyan intelligent system, including the Aquila super-sensing system composed of 33 high-performance sensors such as ultra-long-range lidar and 8-megapixel camera, and 4 NVIDIA Drive Orin X chips. The Adam supercomputing platform with a power of up to 1016 TOPS provides users with smart cockpits and smart driving applications that continue to lead the industry.
The two models are equipped with NIO’s PanoCinema panoramic digital cockpit as standard – NOMI, the world’s first in-vehicle artificial intelligence assistant, a 7.1.4 immersive sound system equipped with Dolby Atmos technology, a waterfall surround ambient light, and a 12.8-inch AMOLED The digital cockpit composed of central control screen and high-performance AR and VR equipment makes the cockpit an "immersive digital space" with multi-sensory linkage in the whole scene. The power of the ES8 audio system is upgraded to 20-channel 2230W, and it is equipped with an enhanced entertainment console with a built-in N-Box as standard to realize PanoCinema 3DoF cinema, AR/VR multi-person viewing, and direct connection of AR glasses. At present, NIO users can already enjoy thousands of Dolby music, "vinyl" records, giant screen movies and even NIO Day AR live broadcasts in the car through the PanoCinema panoramic digital cockpit.
In terms of intelligent driving, in addition to NOP+, NIO will also gradually realize high-speed pilot battery replacement in the first half of 2023. Users can initiate navigation through the EC7 and the new ES8, and then the vehicle can automatically complete the route planning on the expressway. Navigate to the battery replacement station, complete the battery replacement autonomously, and automatically drive out of the service area and return to the expressway.
The starting price of the EC7 equipped with a 75kWh battery pack is 488,000 yuan; the starting price of a model equipped with a 100kWh battery pack is 546,000 yuan; the starting price of the BaaS solution is 418,000 yuan. Pre-orders are now open on the NIO APP, and delivery is expected to begin in May 2023.
The starting price of the new ES8 equipped with a 75kWh battery pack is 528,000 yuan; the starting price of the executive version equipped with a 75kWh battery pack is 548,000 yuan; the starting price of the BaaS plan is 478,000 yuan. The starting price of the new ES8 signature version is 638,000 yuan, and the starting price of the BaaS plan is 510,000 yuan. Pre-orders are now open on the NIO APP, and delivery is expected to begin in June 2023.
In 2023, NIO will build more than 1,700 battery swap stations and more than 20,000 charging piles in China. This time NIO Day Weilai officially released the third-generation power station and 500kW ultra-fast charging. The third-generation power exchange station adopts a brand-new three-station coordinated power exchange mode, which improves the service capacity by 30% compared with the second-generation power exchange station. The replacement power station will also be equipped with 2 lidars and 2 Nvidia OrinX chips, with a total computing power of 508TOPS, which can realize the function of vehicle calling for battery replacement. NIO ultra-fast charging has a maximum current of 650A and a maximum power of 500kW. It only takes 20 minutes to charge a 100kWh battery pack from 10% to 80%.
"Feel the Light, everyone who lives seriously is the light of the ordinary world, which can warm oneself and illuminate others." Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of NIO, said: "The NIO community is approaching With the support of 300,000 users, NIO thrives. The encouragement and trust of users has always brought hope to NIO. In 2023, NIO will provide better products, technologies and services to bring users a better experience of smart electric vehicles. "