NIO sets battery-swap record as network expansion gains momentum
The Chinese EV maker completed 183,469 automated pack exchanges on October 1 , a public holiday in China, while its energy infrastructure reached 4,158 sites nationwide A NIO battery swap station NIO completed a record 183,469 battery swaps on October 1, the first day of China’s National Day holiday , the company said on Friday. Across the NIO, Onvo and Firefly brands, that volume equates to one car leaving a swap station every 0.47 seconds, NIO said in a post on its app. The figure is 4.3% above the previous record of 175,976 , set on February 21 during the Lunar New Year holiday. It is also 7.6% above the 170,585 swaps NIO recorded on May 1, the first day of the May Day holiday. NIO’s swap peaks have fallen on national holidays, when owners drive long distances to other cities and rely on highway stations. “For long-distance driving, swapping is the first choice ,” the company said in Friday’s post. The busiest station on the day was on the G15 Shenyang–Haikou highway at the R...
