NIO is continuing to work to expand its battery swap service which, now, he has reached a new milestone. In fact, the Chinese automaker announced that it has carried out over 30 million battery replacements in China since the service began. been made available to its electric customers.
THE NETWORK CONTINUES TO GROW
To date, NIO can count on 1,937 battery swapping stations called Power Swap Stationin China. Its battery swap infrastructure is came into operation in May 2018 in Shenzhen. About 4 years later and precisely in June 2022, the car manufacturer announced to have carried out 10 million battery replacements. In April 2023, however, the milestone of 20 million battery exchanges was reached. It then took just a few months to reach 30 million battery replacements. Precisely, this goal is was reached on October 5, when 78,000 battery swaps were carried out.
< p>These numbers make it clear how the Chinese car manufacturer's battery swap network is becoming increasingly more large and increasingly used by customers. Moreover, we know well how much NIO believes in this technology, so much so that it has also introduced it in the countries of the old continent where it is entered. The expansion work is obviously progressing. NIO plans to have 2,300 Power Swap Stations in China by the end of the year.
In recent months, the Chinese automaker has also accelerated the installation of the latest generation battery swap stations, Power Stations 3.0. These stations allow them to house 21 accumulators (13 in the previous generation) to carry out up to a maximum of 408 replacements every day (312 with the previous generation). Replacing a battery takes less than 5 minutes. The entire procedure is automated.
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