NIO ET9

We’re still about a year before we see the first deliveries of the ET9 – NIO’s most luxe EV model to date, designed as an ultra-premium executive vehicle to compete with the likes of Porsche and Mercedes-Maybach. In a recent video posted by NIO, we see one of the features this $112k EV will deliver as the ET9’s intelligent chassis system can shake snow off of itself. See more below.

NIO (NIO) launched its new flagship ET9 EV over the weekend, a premium executive car aimed at “the new generation of high-end business users.” The new flagship EV will take on Porsche and Mercedes, with prices starting around 800,000 yuan ($112,000).

Three days before NIO pulls the sheet of its highly anticipated executive flagship ET9 sedan, some of the Chinese automaker’s higher-ups have shared some juicy details pertaining to the EV’s architecture and upgradability. Here’s what we’ve learned.