NIO ES8 - $60k luxury Chinese EV SUV - Tesla competitor?
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- FINALLY I get to test the Epic NIO ES8 luxury electric SUV. So much has been written about the car, the company and is competitiveness to Tesla, but whats it like to drive and to sit inside?
With a 0-100 time of 4.4 seconds and a 67kwh battery pack, this car has a PROPER range of 350km. Also we find out more about the smart assistant called NOMI.
*I had to pay to rent this car myself, so its not a press car or anything like that.
ABOUT ME: I'm Elliot, I love cars and love driving. I have been living in China for a while and want to share the cars that are only available in China to a global audience. I hope you enjoy watching the video as much as I enjoy making it! Any suggestions for cars you would like me to test next, pop it in the comments :)
*I am not being paid by anyone, not the manufacturers or the rental company, to make these videos.
Really surprised to see someone who speaks English natively to go to China and test those EVs! Nice job!
Thanks @Xinyu Luo!
@Fine Lines As opposed to you who's doing what exactly??
I mean, Tesla can’t be the monopoly electric car company. They need competitors and Elon welcomes it. It’s good for the economy. I’ll be holding a bit of both.
Finally, hope you had fun. See you next time in China.
Cheers guys, great to meet you both! See you next time
60K$ cars in Canada are crappy Jeep or BMW which haven't changed in 15 years (technology wise). Can't believe 60k$ can buy you that in China.
But neither Jeep nor BMW got Canadian government funding by building and selling their vehicles, right?
Come on, Volvo is almost twice the price here in China compare to Canada.
@@floxshuilee1760 Nobody buys Volvo anyway.
Damn the voice recognize system is pretty good 😂
Hi there. Great job. It's so difficult to find good reviews in English of Chinese EV's.
I'm researching the Li Xiang One SUV. Could you review it?
Thanks. Its on the list! They are huge, but quite good looking cars.
@@electricelliotrichards Thanks can't wait for your review on that one. Another question. Are there any language options for the software of the car, or they only come with mandarin?
Impressive that Nomi understood you :0.
The Big Size is perfect for the USA. Great interior. The battery charging is considered very slow so I guess this is why they chose battery swapping instead. Not sure how that would work in the USA?!
battery replacing is good when chargers are all occupied and you have to wait to charge.
It's cheaper than setting up a network of superchargers nationwide. And a better service for a customer.
We’re you running over speed bumps a lot or something? The back seemed very bouncy and unsettled?
Its a decent car... but a Chinese brand currently needs to be much cheaper even in China. They could help do this by scrapping battery swap and free van charger. Which lets be honest if it is an electric van with a battery that comes to you to charge you it will cost them $200,000 a pop for the vans as the batteries will be enormous.
Yes - a diesel generator in the van isn't ideal. But they are exploring different options when they were flush with cash. Now, not so much.
Not a Tesla competitor. Tesla Mod.3 will be $30k or less in China.
NIO is better than Tesla. Also, I heard Tesla is coming with their own version of NOMI called Nikki.
Looks a lot like the Peugeot 3008-5008 inside and outside
Not at all.
I love this car , Is there any of them in Dubai ?
not avaliable currently....
The size of it just fit North America Market.
What Speed does it charge at on AC & DC. Is it CCS or CHAdeMO?
impressive.. so better than tesla...love it...
This is the 7 seat version, skipps the 7 seat configuration... = Useless to continue watching for my part...
When it will be available in USA?
whenever trump say yes
Hey, Is the new MG ZS EV available in the China market yet? . It would be good to see you review it, as its due in the UK in about 4-6 weeks...
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As I watch you reverse without having to give the steering wheel a second thought, leaving you to concentrate on where you're going & the general surroundings, it makes me dislike Tesla's steering yoke even more. A driver should never have to pay more attention to the steering wheel than their surroundings, even if that is just for a few months until they become accustomed to the yoke. It's a matter of safety for all road users.
Good car thou
I contend that the BYD Tang DM is the better car between the two. So far I've not seen any feature in the NIO which isn't found in the Tang. And for 20kUSD cheaper. Fight me ;)
Objective to say，NIO is better ，More attentive car, but apparently the public did not find NIO, may be inadequate publicity.
amazing car
How much Lithium reserve do we have in the earth right now?
Hundreds of years but many elements beside lithium can be used to make a battery. Current batteries are being recycled which helps curb demand for it although i suspect demand will grow for next few years.
With a bit of luck some viable alternate source or storage of electricity will be discovered.
What do you have against flat floors?! 😂
where is the made in china sticker? Haha
Why have a 7 seat SUV in a country that had a 1 child per household law?
@Robert
Need to update your knowledge about China. No more one child policy in China for years.
I do not really get your logics. I would assume if you want to go a road trip with your family including your parents or maybe some friends, you will go as many vehicles as you can, 3 cars???
In China, ppl do lots of road trips, and happy to give carpools to friends and coworkers. So, it is good that the car provides the configuration of 7 seaters.
♻️🔋👏💪🔝❤️
Chinese know how to make car
Looks like a van
Battery swapping is bad idea. China should invest in super charger network.
Battery swapping>Supercharge. Btw Nio does have supercharge.
@Marco Deo You don't own the battery the battery is leased and it takes $6000-$10000 off the price.
Naomi's software is killing it! Tesla is dead!
To me it looks like they just copied a lot of Tesla features and added extra to it.
I really don't see what is minimalistic about the interior. Please, have you looked at Tesla interior?
They didn't copy anything from shitty Tesla.
Thanks to Trump, Tesla will enjoy the high-profit margin and remain in The US.
That's why they are building a factory in Shanghai 🤣
You sound like a salesman for Nio. Does not sound like an objective review.
You sound like a dumbass troll.
How objective are you doing a Chinese car review, under the channel that has `China` in the name ?
His review is very objective.
I would say this the future, for electric cars. I think we will see more videos of chinese vehicules soon. Saludos desde Mexico
nomi is a genius no you can't listen to frank sinatra listen to Johnny Cash
Hahahah... nomi is a rebel
Share price down because of it 😂
it's pretty impressive that the nomi can understand your mandarin accent! LOL, no offend
xddd
indeed lol, i also speak Mandarin
Hahaha....
Nice
I can blindly trust a fellow bald mate who loves Frank Sinatra. Invested a bit in Nio and hopefully be able to buy their car soon.
Nio Investor . LETS GOOOOO!
This car started to draw my attention couples of weeks ago, good looking and seems it has been well designed and manufactured. I may buy a NIO to replace my CRV in the next couple of years
i already in , " blue sky coming " for me too
Double 😁 in 6 mths not bad
@FootyFN r u
Nice video! Have you seen or heard of any 7-seat EV MPVs on the market or coming to market soon here in China?
Imagine 10 to 15 years from now - EV is now driven by all/most - we would need a set of standards regarding recharging/battery swapping otherwise if manufacturers maintain bespoke standards and no compatibility with other manufacturers so much real estate will be required across countries to power these EVs. Currently vehicles need fossil fuels in a few variants (unleaded/super/diesel etc) from a single station. This could be an issue for EVs - need simple charging, simple payment all based on a single standard - the ideal? A problem to full adoption?
As far as I know in China, they have different adapters on the single electronic power station to recharge different batteries. But what you said it’s a really good point, if their battery interchangeable. This may be a good business ideal to make a battery adapter.
@@jordan921927 Good point but I know that Xpeng is launching in Norway this year (perhaps other countries as well) so they must have some adaptor.
You can speak to nomi from anywhere in the cabin and nomi will respond to you for the appropriate action according to your place.
Tbh, having a competitor is a good news for consumers.
Wolfgang Preier what? Explain!!
I am surprised Nomi can catch what his broken Mandarin.
I think our friend's pronunciation is good. It's not perfect but I can understand without problem at all.
I don't think there's anything wrong with his mandarin..seriously.
nomi has a really high recognition accuracy..even though the response is a little slow
Amazing company, amazing car, amazing what China's doing, this is why they're going to be number one in the future and why the US is so flustered.
Es8 is ginormous! Great interior. Plus u can train ur Chinese Mandarin with Nomi!!! I drive Tesla but I will surely get Nio once its sold globally! Thinking to get Es6 or Es5 or Ep7.
You have a business opportunity waiting for you, where you to organize and help people in the US, CA, AUS & the UK to get to buy these cars you review....
Until you find that those EVs have China's own charging port standard and nobody so far has made any converter from China standard to US/EU standard (there are examples of converters the other way though).
Crash test = death trap
@@EL90291 Nio is definitely confident on those crash tests, the solidity of the body frame is surprisingly high
Hongyang Li In a crash, the frame is supposed to take the force of the impact and collapse....so if the made in China frame is “high solidity” that will kill you since your body is going to get the force of the crash!!!
@@EL90291 what he's saying is that the car was built with the USA in mind.
That robot is cute tho
Minimalism??? I see a dozen buttons only on the steering wheel! LOL! But a very nice car, no doubt about that!
Hah, as someone who until recently drove a Soviet era car, this is certainly a step up in terms of button count, but I suppose everyone should just get with the times.
Thanks for the NIO review. Would love to see the battery swap. Loved the show room (my video next weeks). With 4k/quarter and $500m loss they lose €125k/per vehicle. Auch.. hope they will survive but they are doing a good job
This Nomi is so adorable.
I got more stock after watching this video. I hope they survive if they do this is ganna be crazy...
Yes. Too bad. Sorry man. The market crashed..
Im from the future and you should’ve sold.
Bad idea
Yeah doesn’t look like they’ll survive. They burn 4million everyday. They’ll go BK. You crazy buying their stock.
Rest in piece
Blue Sky Coming!! Nio's the future!!
How is the software comparable to other EV (such as Tesla)? It is better or worse? Thank you! I am looking forward to more videos
I love this car and hope to buy it
I can't wait to buy one. Hope they come to North America. I m in Canada. I buy 2!! ES6 and ES8
Get a model x or y. They’re better anyway and the model x is already available.
@@dirtydangler99 but I m sure it's lots cheaper
@@dirtydangler99 Nio is way better and if they implement their system in North American Tesla is DONE, Nio also has the fastest supercar in the world with 1300HP, fully electric too.
So when would this be available in the USA? Also how have some reviewed it’s quality and reliability?
Good to know chinese and Indian co-operation and team work went into this car. It is good both work together and I have to say this car does breathe quality, I should hope so to for that price. Will they make a self charging version?
Its bonkers they can put a 60k $ SUV , not even self manufactured, on the market. I dont know why but from an investors standpoint something is fishy about this company. Nevertheless a great car tho.
They are a publically traded company who raised over a billion dollar in 2016. You can read more about the owner/ceo, he was a race car driver
They need more advertising, just heard them from stock investment not really for the cars sale.
China is the future of affordable electric cars
Jason Lim teslas doing a great job
@@uzamakisaiyan8767 tesla are way too expensive
@@jasonlim7427 What are you smokin? Teslas are almost half the price of nio...Nio 60k, Cyber truck $39,900 or the long range version with 500 miles (150 more then nio) is 49,999..
@@epicscoreCS2 i'm smoking the non dumb weed. $39,000 in the U.S. other countries they add tariff it doesn't cost 39 grand. Lol
Jason Lim even at that your looking at 50k with full self drive and the nio is still a 60k car you still high off some
Can you believe trolls in us actually believe there is no Nio factory?????
Sinatra? No you listen to what Nomi says you listen to
Looks bumpy and heavy to drive...would love to test drive it..
Good review. What about the software? Does NIO update the software OTA and do they have plans for autopilot?
On my car short list, this is at the top as 'GOAT' in Canada lol
car looks amazing
the embossed logo on the actual vehicle looks so much better than what you would be led to believe from the flat logo
nice and clear, thats what I thought as review
i just wanted to tell u make more videos for us very helpful pls show us more function
Hard to believe this is from China. Nevertheless, good job.
Huawei, DJI, BYD, Haier, TCL, Lenovo, Hongqi, BOE etc. etc. are all from China, better believe it.
@@jzvr5842 Xiaomi makes one of the best Robot vacs! I also have their cameras. Amazing! One of the few security cameras that lets u use SD cards instead of paying for cloud.
@@jzizzles7799 xiaomi scooters are junk
Go Clunker Xiaomi does not make scooters.
@@goclunker false. they are top of the line
Range Range Range not horses. There are everywhere speed limits for what reason we need 600 Hp in family car???? would be best for me to have at least 700 km range instead of 600horse power. range is much more important then power when you don't have chargers on every corner or every 30km like currently gas stations are located every here iven in the small village. Going with family on vacation you need to have longe range to feel safe and you don't stop in the meddle nowhere. Idealy would be to have over 1000 km range to charge when is convenient not when is crucial and think about chargers every minute. I would charge when I will be hungry during long trip not every 3 hours .
agreed, but this is not just a problem with E cars, it a problem for all cars ever since they were created, back in college i remember having this professor, a pride owner of a Prius, who constantly makes fun of the fact we have a speed limit of 100 km/h, yet most cars can easily go over 200km/h, and yet everyone complains about milage and worries about crashing to death.... this is just something to do with human nature, i cant define it, but im sure they are plenty psycholgical or scienticifcal research paper on this subject, human greed. how we let our desire to override basic logic. We do allow purchased of AR-15s for personal defences... that makes perfect logical sense. ;)
Nio makes supercars too, the fastest one in the world in fact with 1300HP and it's all electric, power is good.
Lmao, I can’t even understand this guys Mandarin, but Nomi can!!! A sign that Nomi is very intelligent!
The true TESLA competitor that is more expensive, less efficient, does not go as far on a charge, charges slower, and is slower than the Model Y. Sounds like a great business plan.
This stock is at $6, get in while you can. Goldman Sachs just rated it as a buy.
11.70 now haha
@@robirobert3529 $ 32 now hahahahahahaha
Underrated my Nomi 🤣. Nomi is can do way a lot things. Take your photo even. And it show facial emotions. 😍😍😍
Impressive and of course battery swapping is is a must!
I have driven more than 30000km real awesome good car
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Can you review the Nio EP9, fastest supercar in the world from China with over 1300HP, fully electric too.
not road legal. Just for racing tracks
This sophisticated vehicle must be signaling the end of European and American automobiles.
heavier, lower range and nothing to compare with online updates and autopilot, I don't know why you even wanna compare this to tesla, but I like the battery swapping
I agree. I was looking for a critical comment instead of the sycophants. The car inside is NOT minimalist compared to a Tesla, especially the TM3. Leather is no longer cool. That eyeball voice assistant is annoying. When Tesla adds voice assistant I'm sure they are not going to install a baseball with eyes. Must be a Chinese thing. Maybe okay in China but this thing at 60k won't fly with these specs in America.
Or he meant to say “Chinese Tesla”?
er dun be mean..... have you ever test drove it or seen it on the street?? i just bought an ES6, test drove both model 3 and model x, and i already own a model s, so i can answer your doubts confidently.
Other then tesla having better milage, its just feel better in almost every other aspect....but seriously unless you are into long-distance travel, if with a good charging habit, you won't feel any difference... plus Tesla do have larger battery, and you can upgrade the NIO to 85kwh, but again, its unnecessary. ...
The biggest difference in range is tesla do have better aerodynamics, which also makes them less aesthetically pleasing, at least to me, Model X took me a long time to get used to looking at it, Model S is not bad, but its not amazing either.... however the model 3.. especially the interiors... im all for minimalism and stuff, but it's just so damn boring, feel like im sitting at a freaking cafe table... i mean there is literally nothing in it, so of course it's lighter and travels longer.... truth is i bought the tesla not i think its a pretty car, i bought it for the tech, and the tech really compensate for the aesthetics, but NIO just sort got both the look and the tech...
maybe this is just my opinion, Nio just looks sick, the only sporty looking suv that i think is comparable would be a 200k Urus... the
attention it captures is not like any car ive owned, just the other day, while i was washing the car, a cayenne owner just keep asking me about the car and how he love the look of it... i mean he owns a cayenne... a sick looking car that is three time the price, and yet he's so intrigued by my ES6....
Tesla do have better autopilot, but nio is the closest thing, way better than BMW, Volvo, or whatever, and for me, i personally dont feel any difference, drives the same, park the same, and plus i don't even use autopilot other than traffic jams, which again, i can't tell any difference... NIO do have OTA, not sure how well it works, but it does have it.... and it got NOMI, maybe im just a loner geek, but having that faced AI to talk to while driving is just priceless... or actually it's 700usd as an optional accessory...
As for the service, at least here in china, its not even comparable, NIO's service it's just so over the top, i personally think it's a bit too much. i guess it's the reason why it got a lot hate from within the industry, like Tesla, and probably to a higher extent, it cut off any possible middle man, the only none NIO personnel i met during my purchase was the bank loaner, who came to the NIO store to meet me... plus it has a lifetime warranty, and now with the introduction of the free battery swipe, you can drive the car for a lifetime if you want to... tesla's free charge is nice and sweet, but still its just not comparable, i meant electricity is pretty cheap, so the price difference can easily charge you for two lifetime...
Im planning to sell my model s, but it depreciated so much, which literally become worthless after 30k miles, so im keeping it, but its been sitting in dust for a while now, thats how a Model S compared to the ES6, for me at least...
sorry for the long reply, but im really love this car, and gets a bit defensive when people trash it, but it is hands down the best car i ever had... well i said the same thing when i first got my tesla, and tbh i would not even consider buying any car other than a Tesla, until nio came along... trust me, im a die hard Elon Musk fanboy, i almost felt like betraying my idol when i bought the car, but i did, thats how good the car is... im not trashing tesla at all, its undoubtly the pioneer, the start of it all, and it will continue to lead the game, but having NIO in the market is only good, it will just give us consumers, more choice, better quality and price, i just dont see anything negative of having NIO in the market to compete.
@@keny4281 Chinese company BYD leads the game by a long shot in battery tech. Tesla doesn't even have its own battery tech.
I have been going to Fully Charged, looking for your reviews. What happened? Are you solo with China Driver? I am glad I found China Driver. Thanks for all the videos.
This was my original channel before Fully Charged. I still post on there, and occasionally on here.
I just bought 650 shares for NIO but my friend 5000
So what? I bought 8888 shares of Tesla.
What price?
WOW Really awesome AI cuz she understood your poor chinese-cantonese
Its not the philosophy of nio,its the philosophy of Tesla copied by Nio,pls lets try to speak the truth.
You mean the philosophy of BYD copied by Tesla.
@Marco Deo Lmao you must be blind, this is why you're falling behind instead of investing in R&D all you do nowadays is cry & whine.
at $3 a share, I can't see how this isn't a steal. I'm sitting on 3000 shares right now that will make me filthy rich in few years.
if it turns into the Chinese version of Tesla, and without exaggeration if the stock value was around $300 that's easily a million :D
I'm still thinking about buying the stock...
@@1991liuyangyang buy a little and forget about it!
@@1991liuyangyang Their earnings call is next week
now is $5.5 per share! LOL
@@hansier9763 hehehe, I bought 11000 shares at 3.5 YAAAHOOOOOO just wait 6 months. This is going to EXPLODE!!!!
You gotta brush up your Chinese in order to control the car lol
Great video so far, something was not mentioned, like the: co-driver queens seat was not even shown a little (foot step in front can switch down el. button, the whole seat can move backwards in two tracks which needs to unlock with el. button, after that you could adjust the seat for sleeping) i'm doing that when i need charge the battery on a long trip. , integrated dash cam, 360° view, autom. rear camera view , fully automatic parking, sound system, nappa leather, gesture trunk opening, Headup display, air suspension with different height, front seat heating- cooling- massage function, selfie camera, back seat heating, bosch emergency breaking system, car key and mobile phone wireless charging function, the battery swap is for life time free of charge from August of 2019 for the existing owners (yesterday i was swapping my battery the 50th time) driving 38000 km in almost one year now.
Nice! Seem to be enjoying it so far. How does the cold weather affect the battery?(unless you are in the south?)
China Driver I’m in Suzhou close to Shanghai. Last time i went to Harbin and experience about -4 degrees, it seems not effects a lot of the range. The most effects done by driving behaviour. Also using the air-con didn’t effect the range remarkable. Speed and acceleration makes the difference. My longest drive at the highway was 286km without closing anything, light, loud music and air-con everything used. But sometimes i have to be careful to reach even 230km. looks like the weather or wind conditions are a big range changer. I got my first battery swap in heavy snow conditions on the G2 highway near Wuxi February 2019 , there was no any problem. I got a video about. Just haven’t time to publish all my videos.
I put my money where my mouth is and I "invested" in some NIO.
I bought a NIO ES6 car on January 01 2020.
If anyone wants to see a detailed review of the ES6 and see why I chose it over the Tesla Model 3.
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What a boring design looks like they stole
The design from several car companies
And the talking round clock ⏰ please stop
no one force u to watch this video. just get out of here.
What a blind idiot. Looks like you have no brain or eyes.
You deserve more subscribers . Great videos keep it up!
It's not a Tesla competitor. It doesn't supercharge and it won't be sold in North America anytime soon.
It actually does supercharge.. 80% in 20mins and north america is not important.. as long as they can take a big chunk of the pie in the rest of the world..
Who gives a fuck about america. China's after Asia and euro market
@Francis Nope none of the Western brands can compete in battery tech, China's BYD is worlds ahead.
@Francis Only selling in China yet BYD sold more EVs than Tesla in 2019, the Tang is already launching in Europe and when you combine the crucial battery tech, like I've said Tesla can't compete.
NIO stock $ 15.05 DL
@Marco Deo today it's $43
Nice video!
and try Lixiang ONE plz!!
Hi Nomi Frank Sinatra....Hi do you want to go North Pole ?
hello, I apologize for the translation is done with google, can you buy the es6 model in Europe? and if so are there taxes in addition to the initial price?
Not available in Europe at the moment.
Are they ready for full self driving capability?
I think the hardware is ready, but the software is still being tested in Shanghai.