I test drove the NIO ES8 in Shenzhen, China. There has been a lot of talk about NIO in recent days, especially with regards to its stock price, which has been on a solid run up this year. I decided to take a look and see what the NIO is all about.

A lot of people online, Reddit especially, compare NIO to Luckin Coffee. Luckin had a big run before it crashed hard due to some fudging of their numbers. Luckin, if you had asked anybody in China, you'd probably have heard that the main reason they had any customers was because they were mostly giving away their coffee for practically nothing. It's not a well liked or respected brand, they were after growth above all else. Once the crazy coupons went away people went back to Starbucks, Luckin Coffee are mostly empty. I wanted to see if NIO was gonna be something similar, IE a "fake" product that wouldn't sell without some tricky business practices.

After checking out the car, I can safely say that it is at least a genuine product and even seems to be quite good in its own right. The battery swap idea is pretty cool, as long as they get the infrastructure built up to support it.

The car seems fun to drive, with all the tech bells and whistles you'd expect from a modern car. Let me know what you think of NIO the car or the company/stock in the comments below.

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