NIO ES8
Where grand presence meets unparalleled performance. Offering expansive space, supreme comfort and an immersive driving experience, ES8 is a luxurious 6-seat SUV that accommodates every aspect of life. Crafted for all kinds of trips with the family, ES8 is packed with features that bring joy to every journey.
Flagship design, a confident stance, puristic details and future-proof styling, curated for the era of assisted and intelligent driving with 33 seamlessly integrated cameras and sensors.
Exterior
Flagship Premium SUV
Generous dimensions enable a more composed silhouette. Fluid lines sweep from the hood, glide along through the body and flow gracefully to the tailgate, sculpting ES8 with seamless contours. The pronounced shoulder creates a powerful and seamless transition from the side to the rear.
5,099mm
Length
1,989mm
Width
1,750mm
Height
3,070mm
Wheelbase
Purity re-rendered. The NIO signature X-Bar front bumper, Shark Nose, Double Dash headlights, 6-piston Brembo brake calipers and 22-inch Vibrant Forged wheels make ES8 pure in form and powerful in presence.
Cd
0.250Cd 0.250 Over 60 aerodynamic improvements on this new ES8 deliver an ultra-low drag coefficient of 0.250.
Smart Matrix LED Headlights make nighttime driving safer. ES8 is able to accurately bend light around an oncoming vehicle to avoid blinding oncoming traffic, whilst keeping the rest of the environment lit up. Enhanced by LiDAR, which can actively send and receive laser light, to ensure optimum functionality in varying environmental conditions.
Rich Colors Inspired by the Sky
Puristic Beauty
ES8 gives off a sense of natural beauty with nothing but pure surfaces. Light and shadow sculpt its silhouette. Perfected by technology, numerous exterior features are seamlessly integrated into the body.
The side view camera is beautifully wrapped by a sculpted body housing.
A sophisticated ultra-slim light strip illuminates from the exterior mirror when signalling.
Side windows, set flush to the B and C pillars, create a pure surface across the length of the body.
The rear wiper is mounted in the inner spoiler, allowing for improved rear visibility and a cleaner rear surface.
As you approach ES8, the vehicle instinctively welcomes you, turning on its lights, lowering its ride height and extending its door handles for easy and graceful entry.
Spacious with a smart layout, sophisticated detailing, comfortable seats, and an immersive experience. It’s perfect for the daily commute or long family trips.
Interior
Sophisticated and Warm,
As Comfortable As Home
5 Interior Themes
Inspired by the Earth
Panoramic sunroof with up to 1 m² daylighting area, comprehensive noise cancellation technology, and smart 5-zone Climate Control, creates a truly quiet and exclusive space pleasing to the eye, ear, and body.
NIO Premium Seat Platform
Every ES8 is made for ultimate comfort and flexibility. The seats are over-the-air upgradable with new features throughout the lifetime of the vehicle. 3.3 times more durable than industry standards, the NIO Premium Seating platform underlines our commitment to longevity.
NIO Premium Seat Platform
Complete Comfort Through the First Two Rows
20-Way power adjustment with rare-in-class shoulder bolster and power headrest ensures complete comfort on every drive.
22-Way power adjustable. Comfort Mode, activated with just one touch, reclines the backrest, and adjusts the headrest, seat cushion, leg rest and footrest to give a zero-gravity reclining experience.
The first and second row seats feature an independently heated seat cushion, backrest and leg support and a ventilated seat cushion and backrest to allow for excellent comfort whether its hot or cold.
Two Six-Seater Layout Choices
Executive Console or Center Aisle to suit your needs
- Executive Console
Features 12-Way Ottoman seats with enhanced leg support. The upper layer of the executive console can be electrically retracted and supports fast wireless charging of multiple devices. The smart refrigerator, situated below, can hold a large number of items and refreshments, perfect for longer journeys.
- Center Aisle
A spacious aisle which allows for easy walk-through to the 3rd row. This layout integrates a wide armrest for extra comfort and has 14-way electric adjustment and a seat cushion extension for supreme comfort and flexibility.
Effortless Access to Third Row
Executive Version: With a simple touch of the Easy Entry button, the second-row backrest reclines for easy access to the third row.
Center Aisle Version: Convenient access to the third row via the center passage.
Third Row Comfort Seats: The power backrest can be folded flat or unfolded with a touch of a button.
Digital Experience
Second-Generation Digital Cockpit
ES8 runs on NIO's Smart System, Banyan, featuring industry-leading hardware and over-the-air upgradable software that deliver experiences beyond expectations. In addition, NIO's second-generation digital cockpit represents a comprehensive upgrade in computing, graphics processing and multimedia processing capabilities.
NOMI, the in-car AI companion, supports 6-zone voice control meaning you can talk with NOMI even when sitting in the third row.
The 12.8" AMOLED Center Display boasts a high resolution, and an ultra-high contrast ratio with reduced energy consumption.
The enhanced 16.3-inch HUD has a display area 2.5x larger than before as well as a brand-new user interface.
PanoCinema
PanoCinema
An immersive audio and visual experience exclusively tuned for you.
Innovative atmospheric lighting, composed of 174 LEDs placed through the cabin, each of which can be controlled independently, allowing for new effects to set the ambience such as a campside fire.
Powered by Dolby Atmos and the Dirac Pro spatial audio algorithms, the enhanced spatial sound system delivers real-to-life experiences through its 23 speakers and a power output of 2,230 watts.
As the enhanced brain of the immersive PanoCinema, the N-BOX enhanced infotainment console features advanced computing and video encoding and decoding capabilities, as well as supporting multiple inputs and outputs.
ES8 is equipped with a 180kW permanent magnet front motor and a 300kW induction rear motor based on NIO's next-generation high-efficiency electric drive system, achieving a perfect balance between a long range and high performance. In addition, an SiC power module further optimizes the vehicle's energy consumption.
900km
CLTC est.*
4.1s
0-100 km/h**
34.3m
100-0 km/h**
*Driving range is an estimate simulated with a 150-kWh battery pack pursuant to the China Light-Duty Vehicle Test Cycle (CLTC) standards. Actual range may vary due to different road types, road conditions, weather, battery level, vehicle loading and tires. Therefore, the range filed in the official documents shall prevail.
**Acceleration and braking figures are based on technical test results, which may vary due to different road types, road conditions, weather, battery level, load and tires, and are therefore for information purposes only.
Performance and Security
Born With High Performance
ES8 inherits NIO's all-aluminum body structure
90.5%
Aluminum alloy
39,400
N·m/deg
A high strength aluminum body structure is at the core of ES8. At the rear, 31 parts are integrated into 1, helping to deliver outstanding tortional stiffness.
Allows for greater fine tuning to give a smooth and comfortable ride for users across the range of road conditions that will be encountered. With a 25% improvement in body roll, a 25% reduction in pitch angle under acceleration and 40% under braking, ES8's air suspension ensures joyful, relaxing journeys.
Constantly monitors and adjusts the damping forces in real time to match road conditions, vehicle speed and driver input so that ES8 always delivers the optimal ride comfort and handling characteristics.
ES8 supports 11 driving modes that cover all driving scenarios and meet users' personalized driving demands.
Eco
Focused settings to maximize range
NIO Assisted and Intelligent Driving
Making cars a safe and free mobile living space is our vision. From maps and localization to perception and algorithms, from the low-level system to the control strategy, NIO Intelligent Driving is enabled by NIO's full-stack intelligent driving capabilities. It will gradually cover expressways, urban areas, parking, and battery swapping to free up time and reduce accidents for a safer and more relaxing intelligent driving experience from point A to point B.
AQUILA
With 33 high-precision sensors, including a long-range, high-resolution LiDAR, seven 8MP high-resolution cameras, four 3MP enhanced cameras for surround view, one ADMS (Advanced Driver Monitoring System), five millimeter-wave radars, 12 ultrasonic sensors, redundant high-precision positioning units and V2X, every NIO vehicle delivers perception fusion. As a result, it redefines the standard of an intelligent driving sensing system on production models.
*1 Subject to different versions of vehicles, some configurations are not equipped or are option on some versions of vehicles and are not standard configurations when the vehicles come off the assembly line.
*2 Model configuration, pictures and other information may be different from the final mass production model. The specific information is subject to the actual vehicle.
*3 NIO Assisted and Intelligent Driving is designed for driver assistance only and cannot fully replace driver control or handle all possible traffic, weather, and road conditions. The driver must maintain attention as necessary and promptly interfere or take over control based on the external environment. NIO Assisted and Intelligent Driving should be used with caution in complex traffic conditions, bad weather, or special road conditions. NIO Assisted and Intelligent Driving functions may vary depending on country-specific regulations.
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