- Nio revealed its et7 sedan on Saturday with a pre-subsidy starting price of 448,000 yuan ($69,000).
- The electric car can work with Nio’s new autonomous driving system that features technology that founder William Li claims surpasses that of Tesla.
- Deliveries for the et7 are set to begin in the first quarter of 2022, Li says.
BEIJING — Chinese electric car start-up Nio released its first sedan on Saturday with self-driving technology features that the company claims surpass that of Tesla.
Pre-subsidy prices for the et7 sedan start at 448,000 yuan ($69,000) with a 70 kilowatt-per-hour battery pack. If customers choose to pay for battery services based on a 980 yuan monthly subscription fee, the vehicle costs 378,000 yuan.
Deliveries are set to begin in the first quarter of 2022, company founder and chairman William Li said at a launch event in Chengdu, China. Pre-orders began Saturday.
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Nio’s et7 sedan can work with the company’s new autonomous driving system that features camera resolution of 8 megapixels — versus 1.2 megapixels for Tesla — and Nvidia processing chips that offer processing power greater than that of seven Tesla full self-driving computers, Li claimed.
The autonomous driving system costs 680 yuan a month, Li said.
Tesla’s China-made Model Y is slated to begin deliveries as early as April with a price tag of 339,900 yuan, according to the company’s website as of Saturday.