Nio offered a rental-only 150 kWh semi-solid-state battery pack for the ES8, too costly to just sell outright.
Median 235 hp across 525 similar cars
Lead trim: 100 kWh dual motor (644 hp)
NIO ES8 second generationAries · 2023–2025
- 0spots by members
- Unclaimednobody has spotted one yet
- 0sets it belongs to
Nobody in Burbles has spotted a NIO ES8 second generation yet. See one on the street, point the app at it, and the first card is yours — with your @handle permanently credited on this page.
FactNio offered a rental-only 150 kWh semi-solid-state battery pack for the ES8, too costly to just sell outright.
The second-generation Nio ES8, code Aries, is a battery electric three-row SUV unveiled at Nio Day in December 2022 on the NT2.0 platform and built in Hefei, sold in Europe as the Nio EL8. It has a 180 kW permanent-magnet front motor and a 300 kW induction rear motor for 644 hp and 850 N·m, with a claimed 0–100 km/h time of 4.1 seconds and a 200 km/h top speed. Buyers could choose a 75 or 100 kWh swappable pack, and a 150 kWh semi-solid-state pack was offered as a rental. It was built from 2023 to 2025.
Collectors Spotted in the NIO ES8 Lineage
No member has published a public street spot of the NIO ES8 yet — the First · Worldwide stamp is wide open.
Trims & Figures
2 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 kWh dual motor (644 hp) | 2023–2025 | — | 644 hp | 627 lb-ft | — | AWD | — | — |
| 75 kWh dual motor (644 hp) | 2023–2025 | — | 644 hp | 627 lb-ft | — | AWD | — | — |
Owning one
We don’t estimate running costs for a car like this. What it costs depends on its condition, its specialist and how it is driven, and an average would mislead.
Owners’ builds
Nobody has claimed one yet.
Photographs
Nio sold out 2025 production within two days of launch, with about 100,000 cancellable pre-orders stacked on top.
Nio offered a rental-only 150 kWh semi-solid-state battery pack for the ES8, too costly to just sell outright.
Before it ever reached a customer, Nio drove the ES8 across Inner Mongolia and Australia chasing temperature extremes.
Rivals
Same body, same money, other badges — tap any card to flip.
IIHS only crash-tests the driver's corner; tested on the passenger side instead, the CX-5 showed far worse intrusion.
Despite launching from a standing start in late 2025, the i60 topped GAC Aion's own sales chart through January's seasonal slowdown.
Every Defender before this one was body-on-frame — this generation broke decades of tradition with an aluminium unibody structure instead.
Crashed on the passenger side instead of the driver's, the 2014 Forester showed far more intrusion and would have rated Marginal with the IIHS.
Subaru built a 2.5XT for the National Ski Patrol with a diamond-plate floor, a 9,500-pound winch and a toboggan on the roof.
The L405 was the first Range Rover with a fully aluminum monocoque body, cutting up to 420 kg from the outgoing steel-bodied L322.
Rear passengers get a 17.3-inch screen that extends from the roof, and a lidar sensor sits in the front of the roof.
Its range-extender variant is rated for 1,200 km on a tank and charge, over three times the car's electric-only range.