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Every time a quick electric car launches, it"s deemed a Tesla rival. Not least by us. Sorry. But there"ll be none of that here, for this fully electric Nio EP9 lives in a whole different ballpark.Looking not unlike a Koenigsegg the styling is exciting, if a bit uninventive it has similarly scintillating numbers on its spec sheet.Like the Koenigsegg One:1, it comes with one whole megawatt of power, which translates into 1,341bhp. You"ll know this is comfortably more than a Bugatti Veyron or LaFerrari.That"s enough for 0-124mph in 7.1 seconds quicker than a Mazda MX-5 will complete 0-62mph while its top speed is 195mph, unusually high for an EV. It"s also the fastest EV around the N rburgring, with a 7m05s lap time. We suspect that wasn"t a difficult record to claim.Perhaps more pertinently, it will apparently charge up in a mere 45 minutes, endowing it with a 265-mile range figure before you need to plug it back in again. Quite what performance that"s allied to we don"t know. A few 7.1sec blasts at full throttle will probably cut that number significantlyThe Nio EP9"s maker, NextEV, also claims 3G ability. Nope, not for your phone signal, but in corners. That"s quite some G-force to contend with.The chassis is built to Le Mans LMP1 standards and employs lots of carbon to keep strength high and weight low, though it"s still a relatively portly 1,735kg. Decent for a car stuffed full of batteries, perhaps, but plenty for a supercar to haul along.Which perhaps makes its performance yet more impressive, even if its 0-62mph time 2.7secs is a touch behind Tesla"s best. Oops, mentioned Tesla. SorryShare this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 21 Nov 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5862
Every time a quick electric car launches, it"s deemed a Tesla rival. Not least by us. Sorry. But there"ll be none of that here, for this fully electric Nio EP9 lives in a whole different ballpark.Looking not unlike a Koenigsegg the styling is exciting, if a bit uninventive it has similarly scintillating numbers on its spec sheet.Like the Koenigsegg One:1, it comes with one whole megawatt of power, which translates into 1,341bhp. You"ll know this is comfortably more than a Bugatti Veyron or LaFerrari.That"s enough for 0-124mph in 7.1 seconds quicker than a Mazda MX-5 will complete 0-62mph while its top speed is 195mph, unusually high for an EV. It"s also the fastest EV around the N rburgring, with a 7m05s lap time. We suspect that wasn"t a difficult record to claim.Perhaps more pertinently, it will apparently charge up in a mere 45 minutes, endowing it with a 265-mile range figure before you need to plug it back in again. Quite what performance that"s allied to we don"t know. A few 7.1sec blasts at full throttle will probably cut that number significantlyThe Nio EP9"s maker, NextEV, also claims 3G ability. Nope, not for your phone signal, but in corners. That"s quite some G-force to contend with.The chassis is built to Le Mans LMP1 standards and employs lots of carbon to keep strength high and weight low, though it"s still a relatively portly 1,735kg. Decent for a car stuffed full of batteries, perhaps, but plenty for a supercar to haul along.Which perhaps makes its performance yet more impressive, even if its 0-62mph time 2.7secs is a touch behind Tesla"s best. Oops, mentioned Tesla. SorryShare this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 21 Nov 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 5862
