According to previous introductions, NIO released its first 150kWh battery at NIO Day in January 2021, but the launch time has been skipping, from delivery in the third quarter of 2022, to the launch in the summer of this year, and then to July this year, NIO said that "it still needs to wait".
On December 16, Li Bin, founder, CEO and chairman of NIO, posted at noon today, "150-degree battery pack, everyone has been waiting for a long time!", and said that all models of the first-generation and second-generation platforms have completed the verification announcement, and the team has conducted various tests, and the performance such as mileage has exceeded expectations.
And Li Bin also announced that he will drive to test the high-speed endurance performance of the 150-degree battery, and will start driving the ET7 from Shanghai at 6:30 in the morning to test how far this battery pack can drive at high speeds. He also said that in recent days, he has caught up with the national cooling and tried to drive farther in such a weather environment.
At half past six yesterday morning, Li Bin drove the ET7 from Shanghai to personally test the endurance of the 150-degree battery pack, and finally officially broke through 1000km at 7:44 pm. According to reports, the test finally took more than 14 hours, Li Bin announced that the final mileage of the test is 1044 kilometers, but at this time the remaining 3% of the power is expected to still be able to travel more than 30 kilometers.
In this test, the intelligent driving mileage is displayed as 957 kilometers, accounting for about 91.67%, and the comprehensive energy consumption of the trip is 13.2kWh/100 kilometers (ambient temperature 12°C, interior temperature 19°C).
Li Bin suggested to other car companies during the test: the CEOs of major car companies have personally tested the real range of their electric vehicles. "CEOs can handle it, and ordinary users must be about the same. At the same time, he said, CEO battery life testing should "become an industry standard". Li Bin also revealed some details about the 150-degree battery pack during the live broadcast, claiming to be the world's first non-thermal runaway soft-pack CTP battery, the battery cells used are independently developed by NIO, with an energy density of up to 360Wh/kg, which is currently the product with the highest power and highest energy density that can be mass-produced in China. Li Bin further revealed one of the new products that will be unveiled at NIO Day soon after - the executive flagship sedan ET9. "Some people guessed that it was called ES9, EE9 or something, so don't guess!" At the beginning of this month, Li Bin revealed in NIO's third-quarter earnings call that NIO will release a new flagship model on NIO Day on December 23, which will be the crystallization of NIO's "future technological innovation". It is said that this car will have many innovative technologies, will become an industry benchmark, and will lead the development trend of smart electric vehicle technology. At present, there is no other news about new cars and new batteries, and interested partners can stay tuned.