Nio ET9 vs Maybach EQS

Nio's ET9, will make the entitled west, acknowledge the fact, that China deserves the title of best car maker in the World. At the same time, the Maybach EQS, shows that Europe, especially Germany, will soon be knocked-off their high horse, of needless complexity, masquerading as engineering superiority. First and foremost, the Nio ET9 has more-or-less matched petrol cars in re-fueling or charging time. It can add two fifty kilometers worth of juice in five minutes. Now Nio understands, that it will take a decade or two, for all charging stations to be that fast. Which is why, they have three thousand battery swapping stations already up and running in China. Now it is up to the politicians, that you voted for, to stop blocking Nio, from bringing the swapping stations, to your neighborhood. On the other hand, Daimler's flagship, continues to struggle, with one-third the charging speed, of the Nio ET9. Now there's some valid reasons, why the Maybach is almost seventy thousand dollars more expensive than the ET9. First, is all the chrome plated jewelry, splattered on the exterior as well as the interior of the Maybach. Second is the bars of LED lighting, inserted in every nook and cranny of the Maybach's trim. And third has to be the two-tone paint scheme, which definitely justifies the price premium. Because, if it weren't for these three things, the Maybach is inferior to the Nio ET9 in each and every attribute. It is smaller than the Nio in length. And yet it is almost four hundred kilos heavier. It is also less powerful and slower than the Nio. Not to forget, it has lesser features and there is absolutely no possibility of fully autonomous driving ever coming to the Maybach. Whereas the Nio comes with a five nanometer chip developed in-house, coupled with 31 sensors, capable of unsupervised autonomy, whenever the software and regulations are ready. Coming to the elusive aspect of luxury. Maybach can definitely learn a lot from Nio. Be it the pinstriping on the seats, the articulation of the fold-out table's mechanism, the crisp resolution of the touchscreens or the tactility of the switchgear. There is no way that Maybach can catch up to Nio in the next five years, but Nio can easily add some chrome, few LED strips and dual-tone paint in three months. Sorry Mercedes, you no longer have any right to make those, best car in the world ads.