As early as the rise of electric smart cars, Li Xiang One, as a pioneer in range-extended electric vehicles, has fully explored the new energy vehicle market, with cumulative sales exceeding 1 million units. Monthly sales reaching 50,000 units is just the beginning.

Nowadays, the entire automotive market is promoting range-extended electric technology, and pure electric vehicle companies are moving faster. New technologies and products from AVIA, XPeng, and Hyperion will soon be unveiled.

NIO, which has been advancing alone on the path of battery swapping, officially announced the launch of its third brand, Firefly, in December. Rumors about this being a range-extended electric product sparked a collective refutation from NIO's circle of friends.

In fact, like Li Xiang One, XPeng is also a pioneer in range-extended electric technology.

In the long history of electric vehicle development, despite advancements in technologies such as ultra-long range and super-fast charging, range anxiety remains a persistent disadvantage.

Li Xiang One initially chose to use a gasoline engine to solve this problem, enabling electric vehicles to have range extension without anxiety, even though it was once controversial due to the use of a three-cylinder engine from Dongan Mitsubishi and low recognition of range-extended electric technology.

The engine no longer drives the car but serves as a generator to supply power to the battery and motor, which then drives the car. The unnecessary loss of energy conversion has led to range-extended electric vehicles being called an outdated technology.

However, the continuous improvement in thermal efficiency of dedicated range-extended engines, combined with the enhanced energy efficiency of electronic control systems and electronic and electrical systems of the entire vehicle, has made range-extended electric vehicles one of the new trends in the development of new energy vehicles.

In the early stages of electric vehicle development, the fuel powertrain system of traditional vehicles was removed and replaced directly with an electric powertrain system such as motors and batteries. Even a vehicle air conditioner can significantly increase the vehicle's energy consumption.

Tesla, which has opened up its electric vehicle technology patents and become one of the pioneers in global new energy vehicles, has one of its biggest advantages in the efficiency of its electronic control system, which is also the key to Tesla's significant lead in the global market.

Looking at the entire Chinese new energy vehicle market, there are many automakers that focus on energy consumption as a key area for innovation, but XPeng is one of the few that highlights it as an advantage and highlight of its products.

The photoelectric test for electric vehicles is known as the most boring and exhausting test. An electric vehicle with a range of up to 600 kilometers has to deplete its battery under specific conditions, which might only be motivating if He Xiaopeng flies in to help push the car.

XPeng has achieved the ultimate in energy consumption in the industry to extend the range of its electric vehicles, starting with its second model, the XPeng P7. It not only uses industry-leading long-range batteries but also ensures that the range is truly achievable, rather than the unwritten industry standard of displaying 80%.

The Xiaopeng Flying Architecture is the culmination of XPeng's vehicle manufacturing technology, which is also one of the key factors why Volkswagen does not understand it but wants to cooperate with XPeng.

The true range extension of electric vehicles is evolving again. With each kWh of electricity driving 10 kilometers and costing only 4 cents per kilometer, it is XPeng's latest model, the XPeng P7+, which will be officially launched and delivered on November 7th!

If XPeng's range-extended electric vehicle equipped with an engine will officially debut next year, NIO rejects engines from the core because it believes users deserve better range extension technology.

Due to the existence of Li Xiang One, whether it's NIO's founder William Li or NIO's users, they may be the group that dislikes range-extended electric vehicles the most on the internet!

During NIO's development, its service system and battery swapping system once made William Li the unluckiest person in 2019, but now they have become NIO's moat, isolating it from low-quality competition in the market.

NIO is well aware of users' anxiety about the range of pure electric vehicles, especially since its first model was the seven-seater SUV NIO ES8. Its solution is to provide users with a "range-extended battery pack" that users can directly replace to increase range, a unique offering among global automakers!

From highways to battery swapping stations in residential areas and now to county-level coverage and network-wide cooperation, NIO has successfully ensured users' worry-free travel range with its own efforts.

"NIO Squat" can eliminate range anxiety in just one minute and seamlessly integrate with new technologies. NIO uses more environmentally friendly, efficient, and sustainable "new range extension" technology to achieve breakthroughs in global new energy vehicle technology.

To enable electric vehicles to extend their range, Li Xiang One adopts the simplest and most direct method using an engine, while XPeng directly addresses the most difficult and ultimate energy efficiency issue. NIO adopts a unique battery swapping model globally.

However, to this day, the threat of bankruptcy for new automakers like Li Xiang One and NIO has never disappeared on social media platforms, just as the transition of traditional automakers to new energy vehicles has never been favored by new energy automakers.

Fortunately, the Chinese automotive market has achieved unprecedented breakthroughs in the century-old automotive industry with greater inclusivity, stronger support, and faster technology iteration, rejuvenating the automotive industry.

Whether it's the rise of emerging automakers like Aion, Leap Motor, and Zeekr, or the electrification transformation of independent automakers like Geely, Chery, and Great Wall, we can see the influence of the three leading new automakers, Li Xiang One, XPeng, and NIO. They are jointly empowering the entire new energy vehicle industry to move towards a more mature, stable, and sustainable development path.

In the era of fuel vehicles, global automakers have never stopped striving to reduce fuel consumption and emissions. After small-displacement engines, turbocharged engines, and hybrid technologies, fuel power technology has reached another development limit.

In contrast, the new energy vehicle market, with its diverse automotive brands and technologies as well as rapidly expanding sales volumes, indicates that it is still in its initial stage of development and has greater potential for growth.

Li Xiang One's range-extended electric technology has once again won the favor of automakers and users, while NIO's battery swapping and XPeng's energy efficiency optimization have also become industry choices, with technology democratization and integration once again on the rise.

When we look back at the development of the global new energy vehicle market, we see brave individuals creating possibilities out of impossibility, and every effort ultimately becomes a driving force behind today's glory.

The next "range extension" for global new energy vehicles is now being passed on to all traditional automakers. Let's all refuel and recharge together!