On December 23rd, NIO Motor held the 2023 NIO Day in Xi'an with the theme of "A New Journey Up". At the event, NIO Auto officially released the fourth generation of battery swapping stations and 640kW fully liquid cooled ultra fast charging piles; At the same time, the intelligent electric administrative flagship sedan, ET9, has opened pre orders with a pre-sale price of 800000 yuan and will be delivered in the first quarter of 2025.
With the support of numerous positive news, NIO's "upward trend" can be said to be just right. Its first intelligent electric administrative flagship ET9 is the best attempt, including the intelligent driving chip Shenji, the all-around 900V high-voltage architecture, the Tianxing chassis system, and the intelligent operating system. Self developed technology provides strong support.
The passion of car owners from all over the country, singing and dancing, complements the elegance of piano music; Singer Xu Wei brought six songs in a row, singing to the point of exhaustion; The audience's emotions reached a deep level, with occasional thunderous applause and cheers... Like in the past six years, NIO Day 2023 has become a concert.
On December 23rd, NIO Motor held the 2023 NIO Day in Xi'an with the theme of "A New Journey Up". At the event, NIO Auto officially released the fourth generation of battery swapping stations and 640kW fully liquid cooled ultra fast charging piles; At the same time, the intelligent electric administrative flagship sedan, ET9, has opened pre orders with a pre-sale price of 800000 yuan and will be delivered in the first quarter of 2025.
"Upward, facing the complexity of the world, we still adhere to our inner values, have enterprising spirit, a sense of responsibility, have requirements for ourselves, have enthusiasm for life, and are full of confidence in the future." CEO Li Bin said, "As an intelligent electric administrative flagship created by a Chinese brand, ET9 fully demonstrates NIO's research and development capabilities and achievements, bringing the administrative flagship sedan into the era of intelligent electric vehicles, representing NIO's determination, confidence, and enterprising spirit to continue to challenge the high-end market. NIO will continue to provide users with high-quality products and services through technological innovation."
Recently, NIO has been moving frequently. Firstly, NIO's battery swapping "friend circle" has expanded, successively welcoming Changan and Geely Automobile; Secondly, Li Bin personally drove the ET7 equipped with a 150 kW battery, achieving a range of over 1044 kilometers, proving his product strength; Once again, NIO is trusted by capital and has received a $2.2 billion investment from Abu Dhabi investment firm CYVN; Finally, the plan to add 1000 replacement power stations by 2023, which was formulated at the beginning of the year, was achieved ahead of schedule
In the field of sales, NIO has also achieved a bountiful harvest. In the first 11 months of this year, NIO sold a total of 142000 cars, a year-on-year increase of 33.14%, ranking second among the top new car manufacturing forces in terms of growth rate. In addition, NIO's revenue in the third quarter reached 19.07 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 46.6%.
In addition, NIO currently has 20940 charging stations in 307 cities across the country, of which nearly 80% of the electricity is used for other brands. "In the field of charging, NIO is leading the industry in both product technology and charging pile layout, and is continuously improving," said Li Bin.
With the support of numerous positive news, NIO's "upward trend" can be said to be just right. Its first intelligent electric administrative flagship ET9 is the best attempt, including the intelligent driving chip Shenji, the all-around 900V high-voltage architecture, the Tianxing chassis system, and the intelligent operating system. Self developed technology provides strong support.
"Administrative flagship has always been a technology flagship," Li Bin said. ET9 is the crystallization of NIO's full stack technology layout and global leading technology, including 17 global first technologies and 52 leading technologies in the same class. It has applied for 525 patents and defined a new standard for intelligent electric administrative flagship with innovative technology.
It is reported that the NIO ET9 is equipped with NIO's first 5nm automotive grade intelligent driving chip - the Shenji NX9031, and its self-developed vehicle wide operating system SkyOS · Tianshu, achieving "chip and soul". In addition, ET9 has China's first self-developed intelligent system architecture, and the central computing platform Adam 2.0 supports computing functions in six major areas: intelligent driving, intelligent cockpit, intelligent chassis, vehicle body, power, and cloud domain.
The SkyRide · Tianxing Intelligent Chassis System of NIO ET9 integrates the three core hardware systems of wire controlled steering, rear wheel steering, and fully active suspension for the first time, and is currently the only fully wire controlled intelligent chassis in the world. At the event, when four layers of champagne towers were placed on the front hood of the NIO ET9 and it was steadily driving on the speed bump road, there was a burst of exclamation at the scene.
In addition, the NIO ET9 is equipped with a "full range 900V high-voltage architecture", which includes core electronic and electrical components such as batteries, motors, wiring harnesses, air conditioners, DC-DC, and car chargers. It has three technologies, including a maximum voltage of 925V, a peak charging power of 600kW, and a peak charging current of 765A. Li Bin said, "The 900V ultra charging fast swapping and energy replenishment system can achieve industry-leading performance by starting at full charge in 3 minutes after battery swapping or increasing range by 255km after 5 minutes of charging."
Adhering to the safety philosophy of "every bit of safety is worth striving for", the NIO ET9 is designed with flagship level active and passive safety and full vehicle safety redundancy. Based on aviation level safety standards, ET9 has conducted comprehensive safety redundancy design for the seven key systems of intelligent electric vehicles - drive, brake, steering, perception, computing, communication, and distribution, defining the administrative flagship global safety benchmark.
It is worth mentioning that NIO has also released the fourth generation of battery swapping stations and 640kW fully liquid cooled ultra fast charging piles. Among them, the fourth generation battery swapping stations support multi brand shared battery swapping, reducing battery swapping time by 22%; Equipped with a rooftop photovoltaic system, each station saves nearly 18000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually. It is reported that the fourth generation NIO battery swapping station will begin layout in April 2024.
The 640kW fully liquid cooled ultra fast charging pile launched by NIO has a maximum current of 765A, a maximum voltage of 1000V, and a peak charging power of 640kW, which can intelligently allocate charging power in real-time within the station. "In 2024, NIO will add 1000 new battery swapping stations and 20000 new charging columns to further enhance users' charging experience," Li Bin said at the event site.
At this year's NIO Day, singer Xu Wei concluded with a song called "Blue Lotus", with the lyrics "Nothing can stop you, your longing for freedom..." It seems to also describe NIO's determination and desire to "move forward" with full preparation. (Image/article by Jiang Zhiwen, journalist from China Economic Network)