Chinese EV brand Nio is entering Europe - we've had our first taste of the ES8 SUV in Norway
► First model from Nio to hit EuropeYou've heard of Nio, right? The brand from China that? No? Well, you might start to hear about them a lot more. Now the brand's established itself in its home market, it's targeting European expansion.
The instrument and infotainment screens are properly crisp, with Tesla-like graphics in the driver's cluster for letting you know what the car sees around it and a pin-sharp central display. There are some physical buttons for key menus, but most of the functions require you to tap or swipe. Some of the functions are well hidden within the sub-menus, which takes getting used to – much like Tesla's whopper of a menu system.
Regardless, getting to grips with the ES8 isn't like sitting in a vehicle from another planet. The driving position is impressive, with the driver's seat having plenty of adjustability and, aside for a quirky drive selector bulging out of the centre console and squared-off steering wheel, there's little to raise an eyebrow at.
That can be counteracted by Nio Pilot which is tremendously smooth and keeps in its lane without ping-ponging between the lane markers. We'd need more time to trial it, though – our time was on a clean bit of Norwegian motorway on a sunny day, which isn't exactly the most strenuous of conditions. You 'order' a battery via the car's infotainment, and you're placed in a virtual queue depending on how far away you are from the station. One you get there, you park in a marked bay and the car reverses autonomously into it. The platform unbolts the battery already in the car and plugs in a new one in less than six minutes.
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