Six- or seven-seater features battery swapping, 240-litre frunk, and 900-volt platform.
NIO sub-brand Onvo has officially launched its full-size L90 SUV, offering a starting price of RMB 179,800 (£18,700 / $25,000) with the Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) subscription plan.
The model employs a 900V high-voltage architecture, shares its motor with Nio’s flagship ET9, and delivers up to 605 km CLTC range in rear-wheel-drive (RWD) configuration.
Available in six- and seven-seat layouts, the L90 is positioned as a family-oriented electric SUV with premium amenities rivalling luxury competitors.
Deliveries have already started with the L90 becoming Onvo’s second model after the L60.
The L90 adopts Onvo’s split-headlight design at the front and a deep bonnet that conceals an industry record 240-litre frunk, that is both powered and can be opened by knocking on the front edge.
It’s a big beast too, measuring 5,145 mm long, 1,998 mm wide, and 1,786 mm tall, and with a 3,110mm wheelbase, making it larger than the recently launched Li Auto i8 and even NIO’s own three-row SUV, the ES8.
For such a large vehicle, its drag coefficient of just 0.25 is quite impressive, aided in no small part by a closed front end and other aero features such as flush door handles and air inlets to guide air around the front wheels.
The sizeable frunk, which can accommodate two 20-inch suitcases plus a backpack, or a 30-inch checked luggage, is complemented by a decent boot of 430-litres with all three-rows up, with 106-litres of that being hidden storage under the boot floor, and 1,214-litres with the third-row folded down.
In the front cabin, the L90 debuts Onvo’s 35-inch AR-HUD and a 17.2-inch 3K touchscreen in the front, powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8295P chip (60 TOPS AI performance).
The L90’s cabin features 12-way power-adjustable front seats and second-row zero-gravity seats with 10-way adjustment in the six-seater edition.
All versions get heating, ventilation, and 8-point spa-level massage functions on the first two rows, and heating and electronic backrest adjustment on the third-row seats, while the seven-seater gets an electronic second row that moves forward to provide access to the third-row.
There’s also an integrated 8.86-litre refrigerator, standard on all versions, that supports 0–50°C temperature control and consumes just 2 kWh weekly.
Entertainment for the rear is provided by way of a 17.3-inch 3K ceiling screen paired with a 23-speaker Dolby Atmos system (2,048W output), while an additional 8-inch rear display controls things like the climate control, cooling/heating drawer, and others.
The L90 comes in both single and dual-motor variants with both versions getting the same 900-volt silicon carbide motor from the NIO ET9, providing 340kW (456hp) to the rear axle.
As such, single motor variants sprint from 0-100kph in just 5.9 seconds, while the dual-motor variant’s additional 100kW (134hp) on the front axle helps it to 100kph in just 4.7 seconds.
Just one battery is offered, an 85kWh battery, which delivers as much as 605km of range on the CLTC cycle on the Pro variants, 600km on the Max variants, and 570km on the dual-motor Ultra variants.
It charges from 10-80% in 25 minutes, or can have the battery swapped in just 3 minutes at 2,400 of NIO’s swap stations across China.
Six variants of the L90 are available, three in six-seater form, and three in seven-seater form, with Pro, Max, and Ultra variants of each seat layout.
Prices with the battery included start at RMB 265,800 (£27,700 / $37,000) for the six-seat Pro, RMB 279,800 (£29,100 / $39,000) for the six-seat Max, and RMB 299,800 (£31,200 / $41,700) for the six-seat Ultra.
For the seven seater, prices are RMB 6,000 (£625 / £835) more for the Pro and Max versions, while the flagship Ultra version keeps the same RMB 299,800 (£31,200 / $41,700) price point, significantly keeping all versions under RMB 300,000.
When purchased without the battery, using the Battery-as-a-service model, each model is RMB 86,000 (£9,000 / $12,000) cheaper to purchase, with a monthly battery rental of RMB 980 (£101 / $136).
