In October 2016, the NIO EP9 became the fastest tram on the Nürburgring, with a time of just 7:05 minutes – 15 seconds less than the previous record. Now, the NIO has left us with our jaws dropped again by taking 19 seconds off last year's time.
6:45.90 minutes that's how long the NIO EP9 took to make the complete return to the German track, which makes the electric supercar the production model – quite limited – faster than ever.
Putting these numbers in perspective, the NIO EP9 is not only 6 seconds faster than the new Lamborghini Huracán Performante, it has more than 11 seconds ahead of the Porsche 918 Spyder. Impressive…
1 Megawatt of power. What?
Thanks to four electric motors, the Nio EP9 manages to develop 1 360 hp, the equivalent of 1 megawatt of power. A value enough to accelerate from 0-200 km/h in the blink of an eye, which is like to say, in a scant 7.1 seconds. The maximum speed is 313 km/h.
And if the performances are overwhelming, autonomy is also not far behind. NIO guarantees that the EP9 can cover 427 km in a single charge and the batteries can be fully charged in just 45 minutes.
So far, six units have been produced (for investors), but the brand has already announced that it intends to manufacture 10 more copies – each one of them will be on sale for the “modest amount” of 1.48 million dollars. Take it or leave it...