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Wei Lai said that this luxury SUV will be the first overseas market in the United States, hoping to compete with Tesla Model X. Weilai Automobile has accumulated knowledge of electric vehicles through Formula E electric equations. Now the company plans to sell a variety of passenger cars under the “NIO†brand.
The first product under the NIO brand is the EP9. On November 21st, the first pure electric supercar of Weilai Auto – the NIO EP9 officially debuted in London. The EP9 is capable of outputting 1342 horsepower and costs up to $1.2 million. David Hilton, senior design director at Wei Lai, called the EP9 a bridge between the company's sports car and the SUV that will be available next year.
Hilton believes that EP9 will continue to break records and is a wonderful product. Wei La Auto claims that the EP9 is the fastest electric car in the world. 0 to 60 miles (about 96.56 kilometers) acceleration takes only 2.7 seconds, 0 to 200 kilometers accelerates 7.1 seconds, and the top speed is 313 kilometers per hour. It is understood that the EP9 uses a magazine-type replaceable battery system. In the fast charge mode, it only takes 45 minutes to fully charge and the cruising range can reach 427 kilometers.
According to Jack Cheng, co-founder and executive vice president of Weilai Automobile, the upcoming SUV will be equipped with a 70 kWh battery pack with a cruising range of 330 miles (about 531 km). Zheng Xiancong believes that the performance of the SUV is as good as the Tesla Model X, even better than the Model X, but the price is more affordable. Zheng Xiancong said: "The positioning of this SUV will be the same as that of Audi and BMW, but the price is Toyota's standard." At the same time, Zheng Xiancong added that the sales of products in the US market will start at the end of 2018 or early 2019.
According to reports, Weilai Auto was founded by top Internet companies and entrepreneurs with hundreds of millions of dollars, including leading Internet company Tencent, founder Li Bin, car founder Li Xiang, Jingdong founder Liu Qiangdong, and well-known Investment institutions are high capital.
Li Bin, founder of Easy Car, believes that Tesla does not provide quality customer service in China, and Weilai Automobile will ensure the success of the NIO brand through better customer service. At the launching ceremony in London, Li Bin once said: "I have a Tesla, but it took me three months to install a charger at home."
It has been reported that the first SUV production model of Weilai Automobile will be named "ES8" and is expected to be officially unveiled in April 2017. At the same time, the first SUV of Weilai Automobile will be produced together with Jianghuai Automobile in China.