Made in SH: World's Fastest Fully Electric Car, $1.4 Million

The fully electric Nio EP9 made its debut at the Shanghai Auto Show this week, wowing crowds with its sleek design and interesting back story.

Here’s what we know about it:

• There are currently only 10 EP9’s in the world

• An EP9 costs $1.48 million (RMB 10,193,796)

• It can go 0-62mph (99kmh) in 2.7secs

• It can go 0-124mph (199kmh) in 7.1 seconds

• EP9's top speed is 195mph (313kmh)

• It's the fastest EV to complete a lap on Germany’s famous Nürburgring track (it had a 7 minute and 5 second lap time).

• The EP9 can fully charge in 45 minutes

• It has a 265-mile (426km) range when fully charged 

• The EP9 chassis is built with Le Mans LMP1 standards

• The EP9 weighs 1,735kg

• Gull-Wing doors

Perhaps even more impressive than the stats- the people behind the brand. Nio (their Chinese name is ‘Weilai’) has opened offices with top auto industry execs in San Jose, Munich, London, Shanghai. They also boast some huge names on their list of investors from the Chinese tech world.

The investors personalized EP9's come with owners names on them:

YiChe founder Li Bin

Jingdong founder Liu Qiangdong

Autohome Founder Li Xiang 

Tencent founder Pony Ma

The 6 major Nio investors were each given their own personal EP9, several of which are on display at the Shanghai Auto Show this weekend. 

Their story is very similar to Tesla’s: major tech players looking to innovate and disrupt. Although they have made the world’s fastest fully electric car, they hope sometime in the near future it will be the fastest vehicle in the world period. 

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