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NextEV Nio is one of those small companies that desperately needs your attention. They are probably neck-deep in debt, unsure whether their product has any commercial future and likely spending as much on marketing as they are on engineering.

They would like you to refer to EP9 as "world's fastest electric car" but I am not buying the bull-crap. I am not sponsored by Nio or any other manufacturer and I have no interest in regurgitating bogus claims that some manufacturer writes in their press release. I am not playing along.

Nio say they have set two more records - "fastest autonomous car in the world" and "fastest production car around Circuit of Americas". The first one is fluff and can be ignored, the second is fake news.

To call a car "production car" it has to meet certain criteria. First of all, it has to be a road car. I have not seen a single picture of EP9 with real numberplates. It is not road legal, folks - not in Europe, not in America.

Second, it has to be production ready. The car has to be exactly like it will be when it goes to customers. What it really means is that it has to be built on a "production line", using same processes that will be used when building cars for customers. Anything else is a "pre-production test mule", not a "production car".

As far as I can tell, Nio EP9 meets neither of the criteria. Yet they crown themselves as makers of "world's fastest electric car" and holders of production car lap records.

8y ago by FastestLaps
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ETS12  7y ago

Suck on this losers

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=WL&v=mcepG9Twa_8

There is no reason why you should take an ICE dinosaur over an EV


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Fastedee  8y ago

Would they count the GT12 cabriolet as a production car by adding it's numbers to the hard top GT12?


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Fastedee  8y ago

No worries . "Go easy on the poor chap he does try so very hard" is one of my favourite quotes from the Movie The Prestige. Nurburgring should also be much more stringent. Stock Tires for one thing. Motor Trend was incredulous at the Range Rover SVR getting under 8:45 at the Ring in it's stock tires as was Sports Auto about the Giulias 7:32.Removing seats should be disallowed as should modifying the track both of which were done by VW for their fwd "record."
The word just needs to get out about Nios hoser tactics.
Sports Auto should be the norm for testing despite mediocre Drivers with the exception of Christian S.
However when most magazines test with one person in the car with a half full tank on a prepared surface it does put their results at odds with everyone else.


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BR2+  8y ago

Only problem is its not a production car, You have to make 25 in order to be a production car, and aren't they making like 7? Lol Plus I still dunno if it's road legal, and other then the time what do we have to go on? And again, If there gonna go for a record lap, Do Ithe on a track where there are ACTUALL laptimes...


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FastestLaps  8y ago

Well, I am not being rough. I am just calling them out on false claims.


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Fastedee  8y ago

Comes in Blue and Red lol. Don't be too rough on the poor chaps they do try so very hard.Maybe the fake records will attract investors and engineers to the firm who can make some of these records legitimate in a production model that isn't atomized when clipped by a Smart Car.


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sroser  8y ago

Maybe it set the records in the matrix.


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BR2+  8y ago

And why is it that certain company's go for a track with barely any stock car latimeshould? They should go after well known tracks, And even so it's still a company time and not an independent test. But hey my R34 wis the fastest car to ever lap my driveway.


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saxy  8y ago

Well said. That ridonkulous rear splitter can NOT be road legal, nor is the height of the car. And using slicks is a completely different thing. I mean, Dodge isn't going to put gigantic drag slicks on their dodge demon and then claim their car is the worlds fastest production car through the 1/4 mile.