Chinese-Silicon Valley Mashup NIO Bringing Automated Electric Car To US In 2020

A rendering of startup automaker NIO's Eve, an automated, electric wagon coming to the U.S. in 2020 (NIO) NIO, a well-funded Shanghai-based automotive startup with operations in Silicon Valley and Europe, intends to sell its first autonomous electric car in the U.S. by 2020. The young company faces lots of competition in a global race to create game-changing 21st-century vehicles. Padmasree Warrior, NIO's U.S. CEO, showed off the Eve, a sleek, wagon-style model in a presentation webcast from SXSW in Austin, Texas. Despite a string of high-production value videos that underscored NIO's commitment to zero-pollution, stylish, AI-enabled cars, few specifics about Eve – which bears a resemblance to fellow startup Faraday Future's FF 91 electric crossover – were revealed during the press conference. Electric range wasn't discussed, though a technical spec sheet provided by the company indicates a target driving range of about 600 miles per charge.