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Recently, Xilai Motor has made headlines again! Things come to promote the environmental protection of ES8 electric vehicles is conducive to energy saving and emission reduction, "it is more convenient to add electricity than to refuel", "gasoline cars can go wherever they can go", etc., but during the Spring Festival, some car owners confirmed through the "long-distance trip to the Northeast", "ES8, an electric car burning 35,40L diesel fuel for 100 kilometers", and wrote down the journey into an article, which went viral on the Internet.

Li Bin, founder of Xilai Motors, said that the ES8 is a high-performance car, and its battery life is actually OK. "wherever gasoline cars can go in China today, ES8 can go anywhere in China."

According to the official propaganda of NIO, it can be briefly described as "NIO electric cars are almost comparable to fuel vehicles", and some car owners and people in the industry believe that they organize a trip to the northeast by driving ES8 during the Spring Festival to verify the official propaganda caliber of NIO. At the same time, NIO sent two staff to drive a diesel version of Iveco's "streetcar" to replenish the ES8, which came from a diesel generator on the charger. Because of the limitations of electric cars, the ES8 has to be electrified every 150km or so. According to the owner, in the end, "for every 100 kilometers driven by NIO, it will consume 35 to 40 liters of diesel!"

Judging from the above examples, it seems that "environmental protection" and "convenience" have nothing to do with NIO electric cars, but pay more prices. In response to this matter, NIO officially responded today.

Shen Fei, vice president of NIO Energy, said in a reply: his views represent our views. It is not objective to magnify and criticize the weakness of the whole electric vehicle in a very small number of extreme scenarios. It is true that electric vehicles have limited battery life in a cold environment, which is a common challenge for the whole industry all over the world. But this can not conceal the convenience and economy of electric vehicles in daily use. If it is a long-distance drive at minus 30 degrees all the year round, I do not recommend driving an electric car.

The following is the full text of NIO's response:

Shen Fei, vice president of NIO Energy: "Thank you for the blogger's in-depth experience and testing. It's good." I express a different point of view and believe that this kind of collision will cause more people to think.

If it is a long-distance drive at minus 30 degrees all the year round, I do not recommend driving an electric car.

(2) the so-called 3540 litres of diesel fuel and one kilowatt-hour of electricity per kilometre are not objective and misleading. The power consumption of electric vehicles is related to the environment, scene, driving habits and so on. The picture quoted in the original article of the blogger is quite good. The average speed of the 61-kilowatt-hour 181km is 103km, which is a common high-speed service in winter in the north. I had a similar voyage from-20 degrees Harbin to Changchun (turning on the air conditioner without a down jacket). In the case of 2 to 3 degrees in Jiangsu during the Spring Festival, there were two 110km to 115km per hour from the Weir Bridge to the six-hole 231km. There are also cases where energy consumption is particularly high. There are Harbin users I am familiar with, who drive within 2 to 10km each time, use a car more than 10 times a day, drive a 100km a day, and run out of electricity. A lot of electricity here is consumed in heating the car repeatedly every time. At the very beginning, NIO hung the mileage calculator on APP and the official website, which is very consistent with the reality. You can actually look at the mileage under various conditions. Only a few manufacturers, such as NIO and Tesla, have released this kind of mileage calculator, and we are frank and confident.

(3) affected by the battery technology, there is still a gap between the single service life and the oil truck. Through daily charging at home, high-speed power change, and one-click power-up, we continue to improve the power-up experience of our users. Considering all kinds of factors, I personally prefer trams.

(4) as for the power-up of diesel vehicles, it is an effective measure in these pile-free areas in the northeast. If a user goes to these pile-free areas several times a year and charges at home the rest of the time, on average for the whole year, using diesel to replenish electricity is almost negligible. If through this means, let more users who occasionally go to the pile-free area to eliminate their anxiety and choose electric vehicles, I think it is very environmentally friendly. In addition, if diesel power is often needed in an area, we will install fixed piles locally. The charger is only used for temporary and occasional replenishment needs.

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