NIO Company

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EuroNCAP 2023 incorona la cinese NIO: le sue ET5 ed EL7 sono da cinque stelle

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The first car of Nio’s Alps brand will be SUV, according to the report

 

It isn’t a secret that Nio currently works on two more all-electric brands called Alps and Firefly. Among these brands, Alps is the entry-level brand under Nio that will start deliveries in 2024. Recently, some valuable information about the first Alps vehicle has leaked online. According to the insider, it will be an SUV that stands on the NT3 platform with a 90-kWh battery and 800V platform.

Two days ago, 启动PowerOn media has shared online that Alps brand is working on its first vehicle that will cost about of 200,000 – 300,000 yuan (28,000 – 42,000 USD). According to its information, the first Alps vehicle will be a sedan that stands on the brand-new NT3 platform. Moreover, this vehicle will be equipped with a single electric motor. As for the battery pack, it will have two options: the first one for 60 kWh and the second one for 90 kWh. These batteries will support 800V charging. And of course, the Alps’ first car will support the third-generation battery swap technology.

However, according to the industry insider 德卤爱开车, this information is partly false. He has underlined that the first Alps’ vehicle will be an SUV and not a sedan. We aren’t sure about the dimensions of this SUV. But, since it is a vehicle with a 200,000 – 300,000 yuan price range, it will be at least a C-SUV that will rival Tesla Model Y, BYD Song Plus, Volkswagen ID4 and other vehicles. Previously, a mysterious SUV was spied in China. According to some sources, it is the Alps SUV.

Here, we should mention that it is strange that Alps-branded vehicles won’t use standard Nio battery options for 75 kWh and 100 kWh. Instead, they will use smaller batteries. According to the insider, because of the lower capacity, the battery packs will become thinner. As a result, battery swap stations will be able to store more batteries. It means that Alps-branded vehicles will require an independent power swap stations network. It means Nio will have to spend a lot of resources establishing it. So, at the moment, it seems like a wrong decision.

Here, we will also mention that Alps vehicles will use the Horizon Journey 5 chip. It will power the autonomous driving system. However, it was rumored that Alps cars won’t have LiDAR sensors. So, their self-driving system will be less effective. What is more interesting, initially, Nio wanted to make Alps vehicles with two electric motors. However, they have decided to make it with a single e-motor to cut prices.

 

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[j]

Nio Loses $35,000 A Car. That Should Scare The U.S. And Europe

Nio’s huge cash injection from local government and state-owned bank in 2020 is an example of what Western automakers are up against

 

https://www.carscoops.com/2023/10/nio-loses-35000-a-car-that-should-scare-the-u-s-and-europe/

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SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Nov 3 (Reuters) - China's Nio (9866.HK) plans to trim its workforce by 10% this month as it moves to improve efficiency and reduce costs in the face of growing competition, the electric vehicle maker said on Friday.

Demand for EVs has weakened in China as consumers favour more economical plug-in hybrids, sales of which rose 84.5% in the first nine months of the year, helping carmakers such as Li Auto (2015.HK) and BYD to gain market share.

Nio has told staff the reduction exercise would be completed in November, it said in a statement to Reuters.

"We still have a gap between our overall performance and expectations," it told staff in an email, adding that it needed to improve efficiency and ensure adequate resources.

"This is a tough but necessary decision against the fierce competition."

A price war started by U.S. auto maker Tesla at the beginning of the year is dragging down profitability of pure EV makers, which have stepped up efforts to prune costs and build partnerships to survive the consolidating competition.

Nio, which rebounded from a sales slump in the first half, delivered 109,993 EVs in the first nine months this year, up 33.4% on the year-earlier period to outpace growth of 18.1% in China's EV sector overall.

Apart from the layoffs, Nio said it would defer or cut long-term project investments that would not contribute to financial performance within three years.

Nio, which sells cars in China and Europe through its self-owned stores, is also considering building a dealer network in Europe to speed sales growth, Reuters reported last month, to ease cash pressure on the loss-making company.

 

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Nio president and co-founder Qin Lihong said the company would launch a major product on Nio Day in December. According to a CarNewsChina source familiar with the matter, it will be a 1 million yuan (140k USD) luxurious electric sedan to compete with the Maybach S class in China.

Last December, Chinese media reported Nio was developing its most expensive car, an ultra-luxury Maybach-like electric vehicle that will be unveiled in 2023. Nio CEO William Li previously announced that it would not launch any new product in 2024. According to China car reviewer Sean from Telescope, a former Nio employee, the new sedan will be launched in 2025.

Nio Day will be held in Xi’an in December; the exact date hasn’t yet been announced.

According to Chinese automotive media AutoHome, the flagship sedan will have a Nio badge and won’t be operated by any subbrands coming in 2024 (Alps, Firefly) dedicated to entry-level vehicles.

According to Telescope, the new saloon will sit on Nio’s new NT3 platform, being the first EV to be equipped with Nio’s self-developed autonomous chip. It will also have an extra long wheelbase of 3.3 meters. It is so long it will be on the upper limit of what a third-generation Power Swap Station (PSS) can handle. This means it won’t be possible to battery swap in 1.0 or 2.0 gen PSS.

Nio unveiled a new generation 300 kW motor in August, and the new flagship EV will almost certainly feature it.

Nio has had a lot on its plate recently. Aside from moving upmarket with the new flagship sedan and moving downmarket to offer more affordable EVs under Alps and Firefly brands, it is also developing its chips, maintaining a battery swap station network, and navigating complex expansion into European markets where it faces BBA (Chinese term for German trio Benz, BMA, Audi) on their home ground. 2024 will be a challenging year for the Hefei-based automaker as it won’t launch a new Nio-badged product; only a few facelifts are expected, and it will need to market and prove the latest sub-brands. We will keep an eye on it.

 

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Aprile 2024 inizia la produzione di massa della prima batteria Solid-state da 150 kW, Nio-WeLion, che sarà montata anche sulla nuova ammiraglia ET9. 

 

https://www.dmove.it/news/batterie-allo-stato-solido-nio-welion-ormai-ci-siamo-lautonomia-di-1000-km-non-e-piu-un-miraggio

 

L’indiscrezione proviene dalla Cina e segue il primo test pubblico su strada tenuto da NIO. In tali test NIO ha equipaggiato una ET7 con una batteria a stato solido di WeLion da 150 kWh.

 

In questa configurazione, l’auto ha percorso 1.044 km, con un 3% di carica rimanente che avrebbe potuto spingere ancor più in alto l’asticella dei km percorsi.

Modificato 23 Dicembre 2023 da Maxwell61

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Qui una spiegazione tecnica su prego e difetti della batteria. Spoiler definirla batteria a stato semi-solido e probabilmente esagerato e ci sono dubbi sulla sicurezza

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/welion-360whkg-solid-state-battery-analysis-wan-sodium-ion-battery

[Maxwell61]

2 ore fa, davos scrive:

Qui una spiegazione tecnica su prego e difetti della batteria. Spoiler definirla batteria a stato semi-solido e probabilmente esagerato e ci sono dubbi sulla sicurezza

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/welion-360whkg-solid-state-battery-analysis-wan-sodium-ion-battery

Eccellente analisi, per essere fatta con dati che sono essenzialmente presuntivi perchè certo non glieli hanno dati. Diciamo che amerei che questa persona analizzasse le celle e il pacco non appena commercialmente disponibili. Mi sembra che ci siano molte "if..then". Me lo seguo questo qui, comunque.

 

PS: quell'articolo è di luglio, poi 4 giorni fa ha commentato il test di 1044 km ( test a 2° di temperatura! e 91 km/h di media) che ho postato sopra:

 

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7142697888215707648/

 

comunque questo si occupa di batterie Sodium-ion, per me il futuro, veramente. Grande. Cinese naturalmente. 

Modificato 23 Dicembre 2023 da Maxwell61

[davos]

1 ora fa, Maxwell61 scrive:

Eccellente analisi, per essere fatta con dati che sono essenzialmente presuntivi perchè certo non glieli hanno dati. Diciamo che amerei che questa persona analizzasse le celle e il pacco non appena commercialmente disponibili. Mi sembra che ci siano molte "if..then". Me lo seguo questo qui, comunque.

 

PS: quell'articolo è di luglio, poi 4 giorni fa ha commentato il test di 1044 km ( test a 2° di temperatura! e 91 km/h di media) che ho postato sopra:

 

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7142697888215707648/

 

comunque questo si occupa di batterie Sodium-ion, per me il futuro, veramente. Grande. Cinese naturalmente. 

Si credo abbia estrapolato un po' di informazioni qua e la. Sicuramente conosce bene l'argomento. Ho capito  neppure bla metà di quello che ha scritto. Comunque i cinesi sono mostruosi, se l'Europa non inventa qualche contromisura velocemente, a costo di fare come gli Usa che di fatto li bloccano, ci disinstregano in pochi anni.

[Maxwell61]

48 minuti fa, davos scrive:

Si credo abbia estrapolato un po' di informazioni qua e la. Sicuramente conosce bene l'argomento. Ho capito  neppure bla metà di quello che ha scritto. Comunque i cinesi sono mostruosi, se l'Europa non inventa qualche contromisura velocemente, a costo di fare come gli Usa che di fatto li bloccano, ci disinstregano in pochi anni.

 

Ho curiosato un pò su questa ditta per cui lavora, BIWATT, essendo totalmente convito che al 2035 saremo completamente nell'era delle batterie al sodio, e ho visto già questo prodotto che hanno presentato, impressionante.

 

Un box unico che raggruppa gruppo inverter fotovoltaico, batteria al sodio con EMS  che è sistema smart di management energia piu del BMS, cloud, uscita ricarca EV, PCS per scambio con la rete. Il futuro ora, sono impressionato, che popolo, ricerca, genialità, innovazione e subito in produzione industriale, chi li ferma piu...