Chinese electric car manufacturers are increasingly sophisticated in making magic batteries. One of them is Nio, which is now introducing semi-solid-state battery technology in their flagship electric car Nio ET7.
Drive reported, this Saturday (23/12/2023), Nio ET7 has just proven the superiority of battery technology by successfully covering a distance of 1,044 kilometers. Amazingly, this distance was covered in just one charge of a 150 kW battery.
If converted to the distance in Indonesia, this means that the Nio electric car can complete the Trans Java Toll Road without needing to stop to recharge the battery. This is what Nio officials did to prove the toughness of their electric car batteries.
William Li, CEO of Nio and Shen Fei, Nio Power Director piloted the Nio ET7 from Zhejiang province to Fujian. The trip was even broadcast live to avoid accusations of being staged.
As a result, the Nio ET7 managed to cover a distance of 1,044 kilometers with three percent battery remaining.
“The long journey was carried out at an average speed of 84 kilometers per hour because we were trying to get the furthest distance,” said Drive.
According to William Li, the results actually fell short of expectations. Based on internal testing carried out by Nio, the semi-solid-state battery in the Nio ET7 can actually cover a distance of 1,145 kilometers.
Nio plans to install these semi-solid-state batteries in their new electric cars. Apart from that, they also plan to continue adding to the network of Public Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (SPKLU) with a battery swap system.
Currently they have 1,360 SPKLU swap battery networks in China. They are also entering Europe with 13 swap-battery SPKLUs.
