NIO Power Delivers Over 2 Million Charging and Battery Swap Services During 7-Day Holiday

A record-breaking holiday rush drove energy demand to new highs across China, as NIO’s nationwide network kept a growing number of EV drivers moving on long-distance journeys 

On October 9, NIO Power released its user charging and battery-swap report for China’s 2026 National Day holiday. From October 1 to 7, NIO's 4,168 battery swap stations completed 1,192,221 swaps, with the daily average rising 22% from a year earlier, according to a holiday charging and battery swap report released on Friday. 

Including charging, NIO's 9,567 charging and battery swap stations across China provided 2,071,582 services during the holiday, with the daily average up 20.5% year-on-year. The figures cover its 3 brands: Nio, Onvo and Firefly. 

October 1 and October 5 were the outbound and return travel peaks, respectively. Daily battery-swap volumes set new records on both days, with the highest reaching 183,664 swaps. Daily battery swaps hit a record 183,469 on October 1, China's National Day. That record was broken again during the return travel peak on October 5, when swaps reached 183,664. That meant a vehicle completed a battery swap and departed every 0.47 seconds on average at peak demand, NIO said. 

The previous daily record was 177,627 swaps, set on February 22 during the Spring Festival travel peak. Daily swaps reached 170,585 on May 1 during the Labor Day holiday peak. During this year's Labor Day holiday, NIO's 3,839 battery swap stations completed 1,031,469 swaps over 7 days. Highways accounted for a key share of holiday battery swap demand. 

From October 1 to 7, NIO's highway charging and battery swap facilities supplied more than 24.83 million kWh of electricity, up 30.8% year-on-year and accounting for 13.7% of the nationwide highway total. 

NIO currently operates 1,073 highway battery swap stations, connecting more than 550 cities across China. Of those stations, 250 set daily swap records during the holiday. The highway swap stations saved users more than 309,124 hours of waiting for energy replenishment, 14.7% more than a year earlier, NIO said. 

A battery swap station at the Rizhao service area on the G15 Shenyang-Haikou Expressway in Rizhao, Shandong province, was the busiest highway swap station during the holiday, with a daily peak of 211 swaps. For long-distance travel, 203,581 users relied entirely on battery swapping to replenish their vehicles during holiday road trips. 

A total of 197,684 users drove more than 1,000 kilometers over the holiday, up 65.1% year-on-year. Another 127,542 users drove more than 500 kilometers in a single day, up 74.6% year-on-year. Users across the 3 brands drove more than 714 million kilometers during the holiday. 

NIO's battery swap stations now cover more than 1,300 districts and counties across China. Battery swap orders in county towns rose 144.2% from the preceding period during the holiday. NIO's charging network is open to vehicles across the industry. 

The company currently operates 5,399 charging stations and 31,091 charging points, with vehicles outside the NIO Inc group accounting for 86.69% of the electricity delivered. On October 3, Nio's cumulative charging sessions surpassed 100 million. 

Nationwide, demand for charging services from new-energy vehicles also increased significantly during the holiday. According to the National Energy Administration, EVs made 6.711 million charging sessions on highways during the National Day holiday, with total charging volume reaching 163 million kWh. Average daily charging volume was approximately 23.2566 million kWh, up 51.42% year on year. 

As of October 9, NIO Power had provided more than 227 million charging and battery-swap services cumulatively, including over 127 million battery swaps.