On NIO Day, Nio’s “administrative flagship” and “technical flagship” new car ET9 was officially released: reservations will start from now on, with a pre-sale price of 800,000 RMB, starting in the first quarter of 2025 deliver.
The detailed information of new cars as follows:
In terms of appearance, the new car adopts the “aircraft body” design language, and the overall shape is close to a combination of a sedan and a crossover. The length, width and height are 5324/2016/1620mm respectively, and the wheelbase reaches 3250mm. Officials stated that the car will bring the “largest in its class” space to an executive flagship.
In addition, the car is equipped with 23-inch wheels, has 200mm ground clearance and 220mm suspension travel, supporting 50mm lower adjustment in one second. NIO’s “iconic” watchtower lidar, camera and other structures are not absent this time. On this basis, the new car also adds lateral wide-angle lidar for the first time.
The car is also equipped with smart high-definition projector headlights that can project zebra crossings for pedestrians and present a “tracing light carpet” effect when turning. The electric spoiler at the rear of the car can automatically deploy when the vehicle speed exceeds 80km/h, improving aerodynamic performance and battery life.
In terms of interior, the car is the first of its kind to feature an “executive bridge” native four-seat layout that runs through the front and rear rows and is said to integrate 20 subsystems. Among them, there is also a 360° stepless adjustable executive desk in the rear area, which supports adjustment at any angle.
The “Executive Bridge” also integrates an electric opening and closing refrigerator, which supports one-button electric opening. It has about 10 liters of space and supports temperature adjustment between -2℃-55℃. The car’s roof also has a longitudinal “sky island” – arched ambient lighting, an independent canopy, and 7 electric sunshades. A 14.5-inch OLED interconnected executive screen is provided behind the front passenger and passenger seats of the vehicle, and the screen tilt supports follow-up adjustment.
In terms of power, the front motor of the car has a maximum power of 180kW and the rear motor has a maximum power of 340kW. The new car is also equipped with a full-range 900V high-voltage architecture, including core components such as batteries, motors, DC-DC, and on-board chargers. The vehicle has a maximum voltage of 925V, a peak charging power of 600 kW, and a peak charging current of 765A. At the same time, the vehicle is equipped with a self-developed 1200V silicon carbide power module with a module power density of 1315kW/L and a power cycle capability of more than 300,000 times.
Weilai ET9 also has a built-in 5C high-voltage fast-charging battery pack with a total capacity of 120kWh. It uses self-developed 46105 large cylindrical cells with a single cell energy density of 292Wh/kg. It supports 5C flash charging and cooperates with 640kWh charging piles. It is said to be able to It achieves a range of 255 kilometers after 5 minutes of charging.
The car is equipped with the “SkyRide” chassis system, which has steer-by-wire, rear-wheel steering and fully active suspension. The maximum rear-wheel steering angle is 8.3° and the minimum turning diameter is 10.9 meters.
In terms of intelligence, the car provides 3 lidars to form a 360° detection capability without blind spots. Officials say it can detect as close as 10cm and as far as 150m. ET9 is the first to be equipped with the self-developed smart driving chip “Shenji NX9031”, which is built using a 5nm car-standard process. It has 50 billion + transistors and supports a 32-core CPU. In addition, the car’s built-in central supercomputing platform 2.0 supports the computing functions of six major sectors: intelligent driving, intelligent cockpit, intelligent chassis, body, power, and cloud domain.
In terms of safety, the car body has a torsional stiffness of 52600N·m/deg and a strength of 2000MPa; the entire series is equipped with 9 airbags as standard, with the side airbags being 2.3m in length and 0.67m in height, claiming to be able to 100% cover front and rear passengers. area; built-in Aquila 2.0 “Sky Eagle” super-sensing system, which is said to have a sensing range equivalent to 60 football fields, with a maximum sensing area of more than 400,000 square meters.
Made of high-strength steel, aluminum, magnesium alloy and composite materials, the torsional stiffness is 52,600N·m/deg. The front torsion ring, front and rear integrated die-casting parts, one-piece thermoformed semi-open door ring, etc. create a perfect spatial mechanics design.
