William Li: NIO’s Third-Generation ES8 Will Not Feature Electric Side Steps
William Li revealed that the third-generation ES8 will not be equipped with electric side steps, differing from ONVO’s L90.
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William Li revealed that the third-generation ES8 will not be equipped with electric side steps, differing from ONVO’s L90.
Currently, the ONVO L90’s battery supply structure is as follows: the 60kWh version is jointly supplied by BYD and CATL, while the 85kWh version is mainly supplied by CALB.
ONVO will provide L90 customers who cannot take delivery within four weeks (28 days) after vehicle lock-in with a daily subsidy of 500 points.
Momenta’s self-developed chip rivals NVIDIA Orin-X and Qualcomm 8650, with plans to cut urban assisted driving costs to ¥5,000 ($700).
ONVO’s in-car Coconut system gets a major version upgrade, though the highly anticipated end-to-end assisted driving feature is still absent.
ONVO L90’s first batch of delivery-ready vehicles exceeds 20,000 units, with the factory running at full capacity to accelerate production and deliveries.
The market positioning battle ahead of the peak September–October sales season is about to kick off.
The Model 3 Performance AWD now has a 647 km range (up from 623 km) with the price unchanged at ¥339,500 ($47,530).
Pre-orders start on August 18; launch and deliveries in September.
Controversial extreme range test of ONVO L90 sparks debate over unrealistic conditions, aerodynamic drag, and factors skewing real-world performance.