6 months Internship at Nio, London.
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The first car from the new brand born under the parent company NextEV. Designed to push boundaries, set records and act as an pioneer of the new brand the Nio EP9 also had to define the brands’s DNA and attract potential future customers.
The three level philosophy for the overall design or the car, which will spill into the future products of Nio -
Open solidity, ultra light and contrasting split.
The squared-off steering wheel was one of the the key projects during this internship. I co-developed the wheel with another intern, David Groen. It beautifully embodies the open solidity theme.
Featuring and embedded screen displaying speed, temperature, warnings and battery range, all necessary functions are housed directly in front of the drivers’s sightline. At bases are three rotary buttons: the left controls the ABS functions, the right rotary operates the traction control systems, and the larger, center rotary operates the five power settings. Between the rotary and screen elements, were is noting but air.
The plan view of the car is equally important, with a strong x graphic over the cabin made possible by the seat buttresses and the floating front fender elements, both flowing into the IP construction in every view.
The interior design consists of a structural cross-car beam. The IP is minimal floating, wrapped in leather, and flowing out to the outer wings from the outside. The supports holding the screens units together are very open cut. The blades holding everything in place.