On April 21, it was reported that the topic of Zhou Hongyi selling his Maybach 600 to purchase domestically produced intelligent connected new energy vehicles has sparked discussions among netizens and the industry.
Recently, NIO CEO Li Bin stated during a media event that when Zhou Hongyi decided to sell his Maybach and try out domestically produced new energy vehicles, he felt that Zhou Hongyi sold his car "too early."
"NIO ET9's winning rate is 100% (chosen by Zhou Hongyi). There's no doubt about it. It's actually just a matter of a few months, so why not let him drive it for a while?"
Regarding whether he would recommend some entrepreneurs to test drive and buy NIO cars, Li Bin jokingly mentioned that in the past, six internet tycoons bought the EP9, but now many of them have gone into car manufacturing, so I'm also afraid.
It is reported that the EP9 is NIO's first model, released in 2016. At that time, the NIO EP9 set the fastest electric car lap record on the Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany with a time of 7 minutes and 5 seconds.
The first batch of EP9s consisted of 6 cars, each gifted to NIO's 6 major investors, including NIO's founder and chairman Li Bin, founder of Ideal Li Xiang, CEO of JD Group Liu Qiangdong, CEO of Xiaomi Technology Lei Jun, CEO of Tencent Ma Huateng, and founder of Hillhouse Capital Zhang Lei.
Among these six tycoons, Lei Jun and Li Xiang have already entered car manufacturing and are now strong competitors of NIO.
