Electric vehicles are the trend of future travel, but the endurance and safety of batteries have always been the bottleneck restricting their development. As the most innovative new energy vehicle brand in China, NIO has been committed to improving battery performance and user experience, and has launched battery swapping and leasing modes to create an intelligent, efficient, and environmentally friendly travel ecosystem. At NIODAY on January 7, 2023, NIO CEO Li Bin announced a shocking news: NIO launched the world's first 150-degree semi-solid-state battery pack, which can enable the NIO sedan ET7 to achieve a range of up to 1,000 kilometers, which is the first time that solid-state batteries have been mass-produced and a major breakthrough in the field of electric vehicles.
A semi-solid-state battery is the type of battery that is neither a complete solid-state battery nor a fully liquid battery. The electrolyte in it is a mixture of solid and liquid, so it combines the advantages of solid-state batteries and liquid batteries. It not only has the high safety and high energy storage capacity of solid-state batteries, but also has the high conductivity efficiency and low cost of liquid batteries.
The NIO 150-degree battery uses four special technologies. Among them, the silicon-carbon anode, ultra-high nickel cathode, pre-lithiation process and in-situ curing technology are all developed by NIO together with domestic and foreign research institutions and leading companies. This shows how much NIO focuses on innovation and collaboration. The energy density reaches 360Wh kg, which is higher than many ternary lithium batteries, and even higher than the 4680 battery announced by Tesla Battery Day. This means that at the same weight and volume, the NIO 150-degree battery can store more power, so it will have a longer range.
Recently, NIO has successfully broken through the technical bottleneck of solid-state batteries and created a new era in the field of new energy vehicles. This breakthrough subverts the traditional fuel vehicle model and leads a new direction for future mobility. NIO's 150-degree battery has a battery swap function and adopts a rental model after its launch, that is, NIO's BaaS battery rental service. Users only need to pay a monthly service fee to enjoy the latest battery technology, providing users with more choices while reducing the cost of car purchase and use risk. NIO's 150-degree battery is expected to be installed in three models in the first batch, including a sedan and two SUVs, and is expected to be launched by the end of 2023. At that time, NIO will occupy a dominant position in the market competition, attract more consumers to choose its products and services, and enhance its brand influence and market share.
NIO's 150-degree battery is a milestone technological achievement, which demonstrates NIO's technical strength and market competitiveness in the field of new energy vehicles, and also brings users a better travel experience and a higher quality of life. The NIO 150-degree battery is NIO's vision and commitment to the future of mobility, which is not only a battery, but also an ecology, a culture, and a concept, which will lead the new direction of future mobility and make people and cars, people and people, and people and nature coexist more harmoniously. The NIO 150-degree battery is a major breakthrough for NIO and China's new energy vehicles, which proves China's technological innovation in the field of new energy vehicles.