Bon Voyage: NIO Unveils ONVO L60 Smart Electric SUV, Built on NVIDIA DRIVE Orin

NIO’s smart EV brand, ONVO, has unveiled the L60 flagship mid-size family SUV, built on the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin system-on-a-chip.

Earlier this year, the automaker introduced the ONVO brand — which stands for On Voyage — to reinforce its commitment to bringing safer, smarter, and more enjoyable and affordable mobility solutions for the mainstream family market.

NVIDIA DRIVE Orin serves as the AI brain of ONVO’s smart-driving system — known as OSD — and delivers up to 254 trillion operations per second of high-performance compute. This allows for diverse and redundant processing of sensor data from the L60’s vision-based sensor suite of high-definition cameras (with maximum forward detection of 687 meters) and 4D radar (with maximum detection range of 370 meters).

The automotive-grade NVIDIA DRIVE Orin runs NVIDIA DriveOS, an operating system for safe, AI-defined vehicles, and is widely used by leading global automakers, including in NIO’s ET7 sedan and its ET5 and ES7 models.

NVIDIA DRIVE Orin enables highly automated driver assistance and autonomous driving systems, along with other features that can be updated via over-the-air software updates.

Bold Design Built to Go the Distance

The ONVO L60 embodies NIO’s commitment to innovative design and user-centric features, blending sleek style with cutting-edge technology.

The L60 was developed to elevate driving experiences by incorporating six critical features: comprehensive safety, spacious comfort, smart cabins with immersive digital experiences, impressive mileage range with convenient recharging, superior ride and handling, and advanced assisted driving capabilities.

The L60 base model (which costs approximately ¥149, 900 yuan, equivalent to $21,000) comes without a battery, allowing users to opt for NIO’s battery-as-a-service option, which is used by 70% of NIO customers. ONVO vehicles are compatible with NIO’s battery swap network, which includes more than 2,500 Power Swap Stations and is expected to continue expanding throughout China.

The launch of the ONVO L60 marks the latest in NIO and NVIDIA’s decade of collaboration. With the integration of NVIDIA DRIVE, the ONVO L60 is poised to deliver an advanced driving experience at an affordable price.