When various pure electric vehicle companies were still calibrating the range with NEDC, WLTP, and CLTC, Li Bin, CEO of NIO, personally drove the NIO ET7 (there were fellow travelers changing hands halfway) to test the range of the 150 kWh ultra-long battery pack in winter. The test started from Shanghai, and after more than 14 hours of driving, it finally stopped at the Longdi East Service Area in Xiamen, driving a total of 1,044 kilometers with 3% of battery power remaining.
As for the cause of this test, Li Bin said on Weibo: "Some time ago, I saw three users in the Netherlands driving the ET7 in a non-stop relay, driving 6,000 kilometers in 72 hours and 51 minutes, driving from the northernmost point of the European continent to the southernmost point, setting a record for the shortest time for the same mileage of electric vehicles." Encouraged by them, they decided to drive themselves to test the high-speed range of the 150-degree battery. ”
Interestingly, when Li Bin was resting in the passenger seat, he also dialed the ** of He Xiaopeng, CEO of Xiaopeng Motors. Li Bin told He Xiaopeng in ** that the market attention of Xiaopeng Motors' recently launched new MPV model - Xiaopeng X9 is very high, and suggested that He Xiaopeng also come to do a live broadcast, "I strongly recommend that you also do a live broadcast, it's fun." Subsequently, Li Bin not only wished Xiaopeng X9 a big sale, but also smiled that when he considered buying a Xiaopeng X9 in the future, he hoped that He Xiaopeng would give a discount. And He Xiaopeng said that he would definitely give a "broken bone" discount. 
Netizens speculated that Li Bin personally went out this time, which also had a certain reason for the 2023 winter test turmoil on a certain third platform some time ago. Although Li Bin did not reply directly in the live broadcast, he revealed: "In the future, the CEOs of major car companies will personally test the real battery life of their electric vehicles, after all, CEOs can handle it, and ordinary users must be similar." For the purpose of this ultra-long test, Li Bin said bluntly, "It is to let everyone know that where fuel vehicles can go, electric vehicles can go." ”
It is understood that this "super long live broadcast" departed from Shanghai at 6:32 in the morning, passed through Cicheng, Taizhou, Cangnan, Fu'an, Lianjiang, Puli service area, and finally arrived at 20:33 in the evening at Xiamen City, Fujian Province. After more than 14 hours of driving, a power battery has traveled more than 1,044 kilometers. More than the expected 1000 km, it is more than 44 km, and the final battery power is 3% left, and the remaining CLTC range is 36 km. 
According to the ** released by NIO, the comprehensive energy consumption of the whole test is 132 kWh 100 km, the average speed is 839 power hours, the test ambient temperature is -2 to 12 degrees Celsius, and the average temperature in the car is 20 degrees Celsius. Many netizens commented, "Brother Bin's body is really good, the car also has a long battery life, and the people also have a long battery life", "This effect is better than the press conference", "The boss of the car company has the first iron waist". But some netizens questioned, "Why run at a high speed of 90 kilometers per hour, why don't you run to the north of minus 20 areas?"”
Li Bin revealed that NIO's 150 kWh battery pack is the most technologically advanced among the world's mass-produced battery packs, and it is also the largest mass-produced battery capacity for domestic passenger cars. NIO has completed the announcement and testing of the model, which will be delivered to users in the near future, and all NIO models on sale can be adapted to 150 kWh batteries. 
It is reported that NIO's 150 kWh battery pack was released at NIO Day in 2021, which uses a solid-liquid hybrid electrolyte and is a semi-solid-state battery, with an energy density of 360 watt-hours and kilograms, surpassing the CATL Kirin battery (255 watt-hour kilograms). Although the battery pack has a larger capacity, it is the same volume as NIO's 100 kWh and 75 kWh battery packs, and it can still support battery swapping. However, I believe that the owner of the 150 kWh battery pack will definitely not change the battery, and if you change to a small battery pack, it will be a big loss. 
Qin Lihong, president of NIO, said in a previous interview: "The cost of NIO's 150 kWh battery pack is very high, the cost is equivalent to that of an ET5 (ET5 75 kWh is priced at 29.).800,000). "If NIO users don't want to bear the high cost of batteries, they can choose the battery rental service when buying a car, and they need to pay a monthly battery rental service fee, without having to buy out the power battery pack at one time when buying a car. Therefore, the 150 kWh battery pack with a range of up to 1000 kilometers seems to be very "fragrant", and its ** is indeed "beautiful". 
In my opinion, Li Bin's personal appearance this time is also a positive response to the previous doubts of many fans about the 150 kWh battery pack. More importantly, perhaps this also means that the new energy vehicle range war will start again. At present, the battery life of new energy vehicles is generally about 600 kilometers, and it is seriously discounted in winter, and the power loss is fast. With the real mileage of thousands of kilometers, coupled with the 800-volt supercharging technology of various car companies, battery life may no longer be a key factor restricting the development of new energy vehicles. 
But having said that, although the 150 kWh battery pack can indeed fundamentally solve the anxiety of range, I think the pain point of the current new energy vehicle is the energy replenishment efficiency. If 800-volt fast charging can be popularized in the city, and 10 minutes can make up for 200 kilometers of range, then the 150 kWh battery pack is actually less effective. In addition, as mentioned earlier, even if NIO supports battery swapping, how many 150 kWh batteries will be prepared for each battery swap station for the owners of the batteries to replace, which also involves a cost issue.
Although the 150 kWh battery pack is the same size as the 100 kWh and 75 kWh battery packs, the weight, including the charging time, was not mentioned by NIO in this test. Moreover, the cost of a battery has also reached the ** of a single car ET5, and it may only be that car owners who need to shuttle to different cities every day, have a commuting distance of 800+ and have scruples about battery replacement, will consider a 150 kWh battery pack, rightTherefore, although the test was successful, the actual application still needs to take into account the real needs of users.
In any case, Li Bin is also very hard this time, the test is broadcast live, and marked the mileage, intelligent driving kilometers, remaining power percentage, comprehensive energy consumption and other data, creating a precedent for the founder to live broadcast the test vehicle in the whole process. Such an "involution" will definitely cause a number of CEOs to follow suit, and if you still want to see which car is measured, you might as well try @ each CEO's Weibo.