In an effort to demonstrate the real-world performance of the Nio ET7’s 150-kWh semi-solid state battery pack, company founder and CEO William Li took the fully electric sedan on an endurance test drive and managed to cover over 1,000 km on a single charge.
The 14-hour trip was livestreamed online and saw Li start his journey at a battery swap station in Shanghai. Li was joined by Shen Fei, Nio’s senior vice president, and later, a Tencent news reporter as he travelled towards the Zhejiang and Fujian provinces in China.
According to the company, the ET7 had to cope with a recent cold wave across China that saw temperatures alternate between -2 and 12 degrees Celsius. Despite the cold weather, the ET7 kept the cabin at a more comfortable 20 degrees Celsius and travelled for a total distance of 1,044 km before the battery dipped to a 3% state of charge, which indicated a remaining CLTC range of 36 km.
On December 17, 2023, NIO founder, Chairman, and CEO William drove an ET7 to test the 150-kWh ultra-long-range battery pack. After driving for over 14 hours, the car achieved a range of over 1,000 kilometers on a single charge.#NIO #BlueSkyComing pic.twitter.com/aHQtlZPUzw
— NIO (@NIOGlobal) December 19, 2023
Nio’s data showed that the car’s Navigate on Pilot Plus (NOP+) system autonomously drove the car for 957 km or 92% of the journey, with the average speed of the trip being 83.9 km/h. The total energy usage was listed at 13.2 kWh/100 km.
Developed by WeLion New Energy Technology, the 150-kWh semi-solid state battery pack was announced at Nio Day 2020 (held in January 2021), with the market-first application being the ET7. It is currently the largest capacity mass-produced battery pack in the Chinese passenger car segment, weighing in at 575 kg, or 20 kg more than the current 100-kWh pack offered by Nio.
However, the big battery pack isn’t cheap, with Nio co-founder and president Qin Lihong revealing earlier this year that it costs almost as much as an entire ET5, which goes for 298,000 yuan (RM194,551). Customers in China can choose to buy a Nio without a battery and instead subscribe to Battery as a Service (BaaS), whereby they pay monthly to rent a battery (this also reduces the vehicle’s cost). Given all Nio EVs are capable of battery swapping, the big battery pack is compatible with all models in the company’s line-up.
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much ado about nothing “news”.
increase the size of the battery pack, of course the range goes higher. and with this supposedly being a semi solid state battery , it basically showed no improvement in efficiency.
the speed of the car it was driven at – averaging less than 90km/h would contribute to a higher range. push it to 110km/h or higher (typical highway speed), watch the range drop.
internal car temp was set at 20c, much lower than a “comfortable” temp during winter. set it at 23c and the range would drop.
compare it to lucid’s and tesla’s ranges for its largest battery packs and the efficiency for this semi solid battery pack is practically about the same or even lower.
nothing but hype.
What’s wrong with a big battery? Isn’t the goal with batteries to always get bigger?
That’s what she said
You are missing the point. 150kwh for 575kg. That is a news if you understand EV.
stick to the facts.
whats the weight of the 2 battery packs in lucid air? tesla plaid? answer that and compare it to what u have said.
as for not understanding the ev industry, u have no idea what industry i’m involved in.
and u can’t compare weights of 2 battery packs that r inherently of different technology. this nio battery pack is a semi solid state battery.
the normal battery packs r of a lithium ion nature.
in the future, when solid state battery packs r practical, it would be at a lower weight than these semi solid state battery packs.
The battery is from WeLion, nio says it cost the same as an ET5. it’ll take awhile for any manufacturer to put that into their cars, nio is the only one able to do so now, and also retrofit to their existing models, due to battery swapping.
Tesla and Lucid? 1000km batteries? when and where?
read the comments carefully.
do u know what the real world range for the lucid air and long range tesla s is?
do u know what is the size of the battery pack it achieved that on?
extrapolate that efficiency rate to a 150kWh battery and what range do u get? for lucid and tesla, it will be more than 1100km.
what i’m saying is – if lucid or tesla wants to hit 1000km, 1500km or 2000km or whatever range they r seeking, do u really think they cannot create that battery pack for it?? all they needed to do is to change the chassis of the vehicle and create it.
its the efficiency of the battery pack that matters. not the size of the battery pack.
but is it economically feasible to market such a vehicle? at us$45k for this nio battery pack, its ridiculous.
China is really ahead of western countries in new tech. Nothing can stop China develioping new tech.
Your right China is ahead of the west. This isn’t new. China was always the most advance but 100 years ago they had a hiccough because their naiveness made them trusted the west and the Japanese which ended them up being colonized. Now China is back again to the top. Why you think the west try their very best to demonize and make people hate China even when China has not even colonized a single country today. The Dragon is back to protect the world together with The Bear (Russia). These 2 power will crush the satanic west against humanity
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