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Great expectations surrounded the NIO Day 2021. Apart from the NIO ET5 – a sure presence – we also expected to see the ES7 and NIO’s affordable brand. Only the ET5 showed up, but there was plenty about it to make NIO Day 2021 worth watching.
When NIO announced the ET7 would have a 150 kWh battery pack with solid-state cells in 2022, nobody bought that right away. Reactions ranged from cautiously waiting to plain denial that this would be possible. With the information of new investments on Solid State Lion, we learned more about that battery pack: it will actually be semi-SSB (solid-state battery).
Nio takes wraps off the ET7, its first ever all-electric sedan
Simran Rastogi Published: January 11, 2021, 12:33 PM IST
Chinese auto manufacturer Nio unveiled its newest EV, the ET7 electric sedan, at a star-studded annual Nio Day event in Chengdu. The ET7 (based on the ET concept) is Nio s first ever all-electric sedan model, coming after the success of the EC6, ES6 and ES8 SUVs, and also represents the manufacturer s first fully autonomous-capable vehicle. With deliveries expected in Q1 2022, the ET7 looks like it could successfully take on Tesla s flagship Model S, with pricing undercutting the Americans at a starting price of 448,000 yuan (Rs 51 lakh converted) pre-subsidies. Nio will also offer the ET7 s battery on a subscription basis which drops the price further to 378,000 yuan (Rs 39 lakh converted).