Nio EL7's Unbelievable 1500km Journey Across China

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In this epic adventure, tester Elliot Richards takes on the ultimate REV challenge - battling 1500 kilometers through the harsh Arctic cold in an electric Nio EL7 in Northern China. Facing temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees, the battery survival of the electric car is put to the ultimate test. Will the Nio EL7 make it through the extreme conditions? Join us on this thrilling journey as we witness Elliot Richards' determination to conquer the Arctic cold in the Nio EL7.
00:00 The Nio EL7 - a 1500km extreme test
02:33 Harbin, China & Harbin Siberian Tiger Park
06:16 NIO Battery Swapping Station
08:34 Back On The Road To Mohe
13:19 Dongbei Style
14:12 Nio EL7 Specs
15:20 Heilongjiang
16:54 Extreme Cold & charging network
20:06 Arriving in Mohe
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Report: Elliot Richards & Christian Petersen-Clausen

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@valanz_ Жыл бұрын

what a nice video, not only showing the car, but the beauty of China and their people. Thumbs up

@c8ke78 11 ай бұрын

i just wanna see the car ;-;

@qinfugu2816 10 ай бұрын

great car！wonderful journey！

@jigs8437 4 ай бұрын

China is still very unexplored country

@peterjolicoeur8753 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video! Coming from the northeastern United States, I've often wondered how electric vehicles would operate in cold weather conditions -- although Mohe and Heilongjiang are certainly much colder than where I'm from. As an added bonus, I got to see some beautiful scenery from a part of China that I still have yet to visit. Well done - entertaining and informative.

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Peter! We really wanted to put the Nio to the test, but we have to say it was plain sailing, bad for drama in the video but good for the EV 🤣

@robertgittings8662 Жыл бұрын

@@DWREV *DW and western media always play some weird music (meant for specific things, funeral, mocking a old, orthodox individuals or others) when they talking about China, imagine always play some Charles Champlin falling out of car clips when talking about Europeans triumphs like: high speed trains, Airbus goal on soccer (and claim "hey it is Europeans' own movies") - nice spin doctors* just tell you the lack of sincerity It is hard to imagine this guy (or the German crews) live in China for years and speaks Chinese never heard any suitable Chinese musics for the stuff they are talking 🤭

@HenryHui Жыл бұрын

DW made the right choice to have Elliott presenting for us...

@kittyflier8338 Жыл бұрын

Great choice. He presented very high quality videos in the fully charged show.

@niosanfrancisco Жыл бұрын

You can’t CHILL a brand on FIRE like NIO !!!!

@foodparadise5792 Жыл бұрын

Is Nio coming to the states?

@isaacliu7654 Жыл бұрын

@@foodparadise5792 in 2025

@charliecooper3030 Жыл бұрын

Sweet footage of Dongbei. I like to imagine the final scene is just Elliot walking away and completely forgetting the director on the road.

@omarpuentes5082 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video showing the progress and the technology that is creating a bright future for China and the world. NIO's vehicles are build with passion, you can see that on each of their models. Their technology is one of the greatest of the market.

@Darkmatter321 Жыл бұрын

99% of the battery being reusable is quite mind blowing. Great video and an amazing adventure. Loved the car too

@charlesd9949 Жыл бұрын

Wow, what a trip! I really like what the NIO owner said about the support NIO gives its customer, I can't wait for them to expand into France, Italy and the UK and for the BIG push into North America! $NIO

@Birdylockso Жыл бұрын

Do you think the US government will allow NIO to be sold in North America?

@Klentung8989 Жыл бұрын

@@Birdylockso No

@crypticTV Жыл бұрын

@@Birdylockso When USA can't beat something, they tuck their tail behind their legs and ban it 🙄 pathetic

@yummytummy88 Жыл бұрын

The political in US will never allow NIO or any climate friendly EV company in US. The economic war just makes it harder for the average citizen in US to have option on future EV.

@user-vc5qk9tg7u 11 ай бұрын

@@Birdylockso it is so predictable, N!0 will be sanctioned just like huwe!

@amubi Жыл бұрын

Incredible human engineering in harsh and challenging environment with up to +-90 degrees differential between southern tip of China to northern tip area

@fahimeln3292 Жыл бұрын

What an awesome challenge. The video was well edited. I loved it 😍 thanks 🙏🏻

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

Thanks for joining the road-trip!

@florentinaghinea18 Жыл бұрын

Congratulation for this video, don’t listen to haters

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! We have thick skin and always welcome feedback 😇

@timmytumbler Жыл бұрын

Now THAT'S a trip ! Thanks Elliot for showing us the far north, somewhere I have certainly not been, yet. Looks like the car did it in style, would have been interesting technically to understand the range and recharge details, and what effect the cold had on them against the specifications, and what was the lowest range point, for example. Anyway great video !

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and the feedback Tim, we take this onboard and implement this on our next productions

@ElectricCarAustralia Жыл бұрын

What an adventure! Great video Elliot, a real eye opener for Us Aussies.

@1proudytfan Жыл бұрын

Wow, great video Elliott. That part of China so different. People out in the open selling goods below freezing and friendly too. Those Siberian tigers are majestic. Thank you x1000

@jeanhuynh8548 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic road test! Glad to know NIO is quality built and leading edge technology. I’ll buy one when it comes to US.

@yummytummy88 Жыл бұрын

Wishful thinking, even if it meant to help fight the climate crisis, the US politicians will never allow another Chinese company to do business in US.

@ZZZ1368 Жыл бұрын

9:53 These shots of the frozen vastness are breath taking

@user-xw1mx2sq6b Жыл бұрын

6:23 The UEG on the battery swap station means United Earth Government, which comes from a sci-fi movie The Wandering Earth 2, and NIO invest and advertise in that movie. I am really glad to see two of my favorite things cooperate!

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

We love an obscure sci-fi reference. Thanks for pointing it out! :-)

@kanestalin7246 Жыл бұрын

Isn't it also a reference to halo?

@user-xw1mx2sq6b Жыл бұрын

@@kanestalin7246 I don't think so coz there's a logo of Wandering Earth 2 on it.

@micholitzia5726 Жыл бұрын

Seeing how Chinese people are treated in the west it makes me almost angry these guys are treated with such kindness when they are in my country

@kcfmark Жыл бұрын

This is why you become a better people. Choose kindness and not hostility.

@user-wq4fb7zt8y Жыл бұрын

That's the role of propaganda. In China, The government recommend people to call foreigners "friendly foreigners" instead of "foreigners". This is often heard on TV programs and in the news.

@MMLL369 Жыл бұрын

@@user-wq4fb7zt8y That goes true when the Western bloc recommend their folks calling, especially the Chinese (or anyone resembling of Chinese), "hostile spies", including all women, children and students.

@yummytummy88 Жыл бұрын

@@user-wq4fb7zt8yand yet, you still living under your basement bunker, to protect your belief and your resources while giving up living in a real world.

@guanzehuang9609 Жыл бұрын

What amazing!! The NIO shows the excellent performance, and also the local people you met are so nice and friendly!! Eliot is really brave to take this challenge of the trip, well done!!

@gmb4374 Жыл бұрын

You are very professional in service . I will suggest your video.. From India .

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

So nice of you

@iany2448 Жыл бұрын

Very nice episode on the scenery and the EV technology that is to preserve the environment for the generations to come.

@yoyohighness Жыл бұрын

oh man, I wish we here in Italy can get this car soon

@rabbitazteca23 Жыл бұрын

Harbin is a place in China that rarely gets love and it has many idiosyncrasies that makes it quite the cool place. Thanks for introducing us to the place!

@NomadicAstro Жыл бұрын

What a great trip! ❤ Nio s such a cool brand!

@ashtonkee5868 Жыл бұрын

Kudos to you for your courage in undertaking this task.

@IDann1 Жыл бұрын

Cool to see my favourite presenter 😎

@tiantianwang8721 Жыл бұрын

Wow！can‘t image how NEV drive in such cold place of Mohe，that's totally fantastic！look forward to next Episode！

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tiantian, we have content out every Saturday!

@TassieEV Жыл бұрын

Why did they change the name for the EU model? I thought Nio won that challenge from Audi about the confusion in the name. Fantastic trip. I can imagine how the charging providers have the challenges of the winter in China would be similar for Norway/Finland/Sweden & Canada/US for those high north locations where it gets VERY cold sometimes as they mentioned -50c that is cold definitely. I think NIO are coming to Australia not sure when is all. I'll have to see if you did a review of the ES7 on Fully Charged yet.

@MMLL369 Жыл бұрын

Prepping a new model for sale takes time, probably has to do with the lengthy paperwork ahead of the winning court case.

@velavanlaack9134 Жыл бұрын

It has the Wondering Earth's UEG logo on the swapping station

@yuyangerock Жыл бұрын

Just amazing

@DailyBeatings Жыл бұрын

Those Siberian tigers looked like they wanted an English breakfast. Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside...🤣😂🤣😂

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

He is actually quite tender on the inside, the lack of stress on the road trip perhaps 🤔

@jianyang6281 Жыл бұрын

and this meal is hairless which makes its better tastes.

@yeetian2774 Жыл бұрын

This doesn’t sound like DW. Usually they will say this British is being followed by Chinese secret police😌

@madev_channel Жыл бұрын

NIce video.👏 One more thing, NIO is going to built 1000 more 3rd gen battery swap stations in 2023, and maybe 2000 in 2024.

@isuruthiwanka2595 Жыл бұрын

How beautifull China.. what a technology.. Love to settle there

@ronniebouchar9484 Жыл бұрын

brave guy, without a doubt.

@petervan7372 Жыл бұрын

after 1500km it's still in the same province, china was even large before the russkis seized a piece of land as large as ukraine a hundred years back

@Elsa-we3gz Жыл бұрын

Hopefully we can get at least Primorsky Krai back in the future, so Dongbei will have direct sea access

@julienckjm7430 10 ай бұрын

You want war?

@reginald7214 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@dpc316 Жыл бұрын

I think the battery charging stations is the key for NIO, as said on this video it's as fast as pumping fuel. Go NIO !

@TB-up4xi Жыл бұрын

Well it has plusses and minuses. In China you had to make a call when you purchased the car whether to buy the battery or not (buying after was not an option and this is still the model outside of China), you rent the battery whether you swap or not. After 5 1/2 to 6 Years you have paid the same as buying the battery upfront. Electricity is charged at the time of swap (in v out kwh). Many people in China demanded the option to swap their model from rent to buy and eventually NIO gave in - so there must be more than a handful of people that don't want the swap system. If on average the battery lasts longer than 6 years you end up paying more and your (first battery swap could be an older degraded battery with less range (you have no choice). You need more than 1 battery per car using the swap system - it's less environmentally friendly. I wonder long term how all that bolting in and unbolting messes with the body structure / tightness.

@terracecar1 Жыл бұрын

really enjoy watching the video ❤❤

@rolandsmid8299 Жыл бұрын

Great video!

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

Thanks Roland!

@rededwards3479 Жыл бұрын

75% of NIO invrstors have NEVER SEEN in person, TOUCHED or DRIVEN a NIO. NIO needs to do a ROADSHOW tour of the United States soon or the stock will continue to FLOUNDER!

@nehcooahnait7827 Жыл бұрын

Not the US. It’s a Chinese car so it will try its best to avoid the US and its bitterness. Let’s hope no more Chinese American getting killed just because they don’t like East Asian cars entering the US market (yeah that happened before)

@Birdylockso Жыл бұрын

I doubt it is possible, given the current geopolitical climate.

@ALWH1314 Жыл бұрын

NIO es7 was road tested in California. Hope politics doesn’t block her US entrance.

@ko667 Жыл бұрын

Quite a beautiful video!!

@user-zh3ow4nh3p Жыл бұрын

Nice video. Enjoyed the music too

@hkhaled9119 Жыл бұрын

Nice work great video

@StantonRich Жыл бұрын

Fantastic episode, please produce more like this! What type of drone did DW use for the aerial footage?

@SaianaKrishnaMehrotra-fr4qt Жыл бұрын

nice looking car my next car will be NIO.

@user-nw3bj4yh5u Жыл бұрын

DJI is one of drone that works even in extreme conditions like NIO

@jianyang6281 Жыл бұрын

DJI had its test in Russia-Ukraine war, or so called SMO.

@ALWH1314 Жыл бұрын

@@jianyang6281DJI stopped sale in Russia and Ukraine after war started and that war is in Ukraine which is not even close to the coldness in this video.

@ZixianTao Жыл бұрын

Nice video!

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@danieledwards9856 7 ай бұрын

Thinking about doing Shanghai-Changchun in an ES8 soon. Should be fun!

@user-nf7og9bg6b Жыл бұрын

Impressive. But still scary.😳

@LaowaiDaveJCP Жыл бұрын

"Only 32 million" people? There are many countries that don't have such population 🤣

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

haha very true!

@HTeo-og1lg Жыл бұрын

In everything, context matters, so it is a miniscule 32 millions out of 1,400 millions. Or, in other words, just ~ 2% of the total population of the country!

@markuc Жыл бұрын

Also it's a huge province, 20 to 30% bigger than entire Germany.

@yanchan9711 Жыл бұрын

almost same size as FR and half of their population

@catamarancentershanghai4507 Жыл бұрын

would be interesting how many hours took the whole trip including the 8 charges . Further what has been the real range in this temperatures ? Charging all 180 km is not very inviting to switch to an EV

@userwest626 Жыл бұрын

what happen when it run out of battery in middle of woods ? no place to charge it?

@IsaacGbornor_gv 4 ай бұрын

Sir you said Nio is ready to conquer the world 🌎🌍🌍 ,I like that Amazing EV 🚗

@__OniZuka 10 ай бұрын

beautiful

@stevenpang38 Жыл бұрын

hope to purchse ES8 soon

@PatLadsChan99 Жыл бұрын

Cool video. Only question is what's a battery swapping station? Why does the battery need swapping?

@lluow Жыл бұрын

Hi there it’s an alternate for Ev charging. In stead of plugging in, as it’s shown in the video you can swap the used battery out for a new one in about 4 or 5 minutes. The battery swapping stations are the place where you swap the batteries. NIO is the only company at the moment that uses this technology.

@yudogcome5901 Жыл бұрын

@@lluow不是唯一，除了蔚来，还有上汽旗下的飞凡R7，吉利和力帆合资的睿蓝汽车，红旗EQM5。另外在欧洲有个中国厂商悠遥科技的微型电动车最近爆红，甚至可以自己扛着电池更换😂

@jojutla27 Жыл бұрын

Wow..!!!

@rededwards3479 Жыл бұрын

MAn you guys are making NIO look MASSIVE...Well done video. ..Did DW purchase it from you. ..if so how much did they pay? Great job

@vognmandpedersen8144 Жыл бұрын

Agreed! I am disappointed that Deutsche Welle and Elliott will put their names on this

@seanoneill9130 Жыл бұрын

@@vognmandpedersen8144 Cry harder.

@jiali3353 Жыл бұрын

Dongbei!!

@shantou Жыл бұрын

Harbin looks like Winterfell of GoT.

@harrypothead4575 Жыл бұрын

When is Nio coming to Nepal 🇳🇵😢?

@michaelsaldivar4901 11 ай бұрын

I have read reports where the Tesla vehicle heating system breaks down in extreme temperatures. Drivers freezing their butts off in the Tesla. Did you have any issues with the heating system in the NIO EL7 ?

@ricardosy5247 11 ай бұрын

This channel should be titled "Beautiful China".

@yeetonykp4569 Жыл бұрын

I always doubt, how to keep battery working under sub zero environment?

@Random.Adventures. 11 ай бұрын

nio is the way to go

@honesty_-no9he Жыл бұрын

China has nearly 4 million chargers they added 2 million in one year.

@osuan9 10 ай бұрын

Nice

@victorsun2664 Жыл бұрын

Let’s look at the dark side, how long does this road trip take? Cheers🎉

@memostothefuture Жыл бұрын

You don't want to know how much time I spent freezing outside filming while Elliot was sitting in the toasty, warm car ;-)

@victorsun2664 Жыл бұрын

@@memostothefutureyour hard work is appreciated😁

@ALWH1314 Жыл бұрын

@@memostothefuture what camera did u use to record this film? Did u have to place the camera batteries inside your cloth to keep them warm?

@balkanleopard9728 Жыл бұрын

If I'm hearing you correctly. you needed 9 charges (intial + 8 en-route) to do 1500 km. If we assume your last charge got you to the finish line with little remaining charge, then you got about 150 km per charge. That's a bit short of the 500 km rated range old mate. What you've proven is that current ev batteries are dreadful in the cold. The next battery killer is constant vehicle speed on the motorway where you get little or no regeneration. Here rolling resistance and aerodynamic drag are the big enemies. All things equal, heavy ev's have greater rolling resistance but, given that you hardly have any parasitic cooling drag, aerodynamic drag will be less - but remember aerodynamic drag varies as the square of the speed so steady motorway high speed will be a killer. I have an ev. I'm unconvinced.

@user-wz8hp2ix9f Жыл бұрын

My ICE car drop 20%-30% range when outside temperature is 20 below zero.

@Steve0815R 11 ай бұрын

Interesting trip. Just one little detail: when charging the battery you are not filling it with electrons 😉

@kittyflier8338 Жыл бұрын

Elliot!

@peacefulasian8279 Жыл бұрын

Do are review for XPENG also

@memostothefuture Жыл бұрын

The Xpeng P7 is very interesting. I will talk with them at the coming Shanghai Auto Show. Would be cool to do a film.

@florentinaghinea18 Жыл бұрын

Nio much better

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@karttu1 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for it. However why charging 8 times on 1500 km journey, less than 200 km/charge. Thank you for the comment.

@alanOHALAN Жыл бұрын

So the full range is 200km in extreme cold.

@sr-lv8ks 11 ай бұрын

I will buy it when it comes to US

@thierry-le-frippon Жыл бұрын

Look so much better than a tesla, body wise.

@Athrunwong Жыл бұрын

What??? There's an ice sculpture festival? i missed my opportunity to build a Neo Armstrong Jet Cyclone Cannon.

@lsj4528 10 ай бұрын

Wow，you can speak Chinese, that's really cool!

@dullumullu Жыл бұрын

Emblematic last frames of the video at 21:32 with the big smoke chimneys in the background. Maybe they should have double checked that in the editing phases.

@bennyraichu Жыл бұрын

And why would they do that? 😂

@TB-up4xi Жыл бұрын

That's almost certainly steam not smoke.

@dullumullu Жыл бұрын

@@TB-up4xi uh no, that’s the Mohe coal fired power and thermal station . Used for electric production and heating . They don’t have any Nuclear plants in Helionjiang. It’s not steam.

@mgmgayechan5409 11 ай бұрын

US prize ?

@user-wm1bu8gl7g Жыл бұрын

在中国🇨🇳穿越东北的无人区和308川藏公路是无数男孩子认为人生必做的事情❤

@yanchan9711 Жыл бұрын

是我们大新疆没有牌面吗？🙃

@amos325 10 ай бұрын

北京人表示开个2环就够够的了

@MMLL369 Жыл бұрын

I hope one day, we could all find a way to standardize batteries into simpler small / medium / large, then we would all be swapping batteries like going to gas stations. If any country could achieve that, I reckon China would be the first because of it could only be done with centralized policies / legislations and the vast market.

@haitygeraldo8071 Жыл бұрын

I whoud like to stay there, iam from Angola

@yudogcome5901 Жыл бұрын

I bet you'll regret it in a week, it's so cold

@Birdylockso Жыл бұрын

The car says it is a ES7, but the tester calls it EL7. What's the difference?

@aannddrroommaann Жыл бұрын

It's called the EL7 in Europe because ES7 was too similar to AUDI S7 and they filled a copyright case

@Birdylockso Жыл бұрын

@@aannddrroommaann OK, right. Thanks!

@jianyang6281 Жыл бұрын

@@aannddrroommaann if I was the boss is Nio, I would call it ES70AUDIEATSSHIT.

@cms9902 Жыл бұрын

Great video, but electricity used was just as likely from coal.

@user-ts2pk4ox8t Жыл бұрын

Great I am very happy with china ev car railly smoke free so happy to enjoy the life😂

@oberstleutnant787 Жыл бұрын

Another great thing Made in China.

@wendowsxplala 8 ай бұрын

its hard for me to believe this. i always think dw is a media of anti-china. i hope this bro not lose his job... hahaha nice video, i love the nature and the friendly chinese in north china. thank you.

@adanphu4325 Жыл бұрын

I want to buy a Chinese EV in the US but the US banned so many of Chinese great products

@yummytummy88 Жыл бұрын

It might destroy our US EV company as we can not produce these great product at the lower price. Even if it's great for the supposed climate goal, out economic and hegemonic war with China forbid any Chinese made EV in US.

@adanphu4325 Жыл бұрын

@@yummytummy88 Very true, the US is a very hedgemonic country and it causes a lot of damages

@ayni2723 Жыл бұрын

Chinese EV 👍🏼 🕊️🇨🇳

@hashack7243 Жыл бұрын

Advertisement 😮

@caesarsuper5770 Жыл бұрын

Batterietausch dauert Minimum 5 Minuten😳

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

quicker than charging 😉

@TB-up4xi Жыл бұрын

@@DWREV Sometimes - and only in perfect circumstances - add the time you have to travel out off your route to find one, wait in line for your turn, and re-join the route you were on .....I bet on average the "swap" takes far longer than high speed charging, which is often on the route you are on already. Today you can add 200 miles range in less than 15min and with 800v and 1kw+ systems coming supercharging will take 1/2 as long again. Plus you need more than 1 battery per car and all the lifting, bolting and unbolting of the batteries constantly must be very bad for rigidity / tightness of the car in the long run.

@VX2hugo Жыл бұрын

EL7? Do you mean ES7? Oh yeah, you're German and allowing Audi to do that tantrum suit.

@kmind5378 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, US thinks the VINFAST from Vietnam is a better ev to import, lol

@DWREV Жыл бұрын

Have you watched our review of the Vinfast VF8? It might not be perfect, but our tester was quite impressed with it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNCbaNCj0cu5o58.html