CRASH_news auto

A r ecord-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 Nat...

On August 7, NIO announced that cumulative battery swap services across its network had surpassed 120 million. The milestone was reached at 8:09:16 am Beijing time . On the same day, NIO officially put its 4,000th battery swap station and the first batch of its fifth-generation battery swap stations into operation.  The company will hold a ceremony later today in Quanzhou, Fujian province , to mark the launch of its 4,000th swap station in China, which is also its first fifth-generation station. Nio founder, chairman and CEO William Li said in a Weibo post earlier today that he was flying from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport to Quanzhou to attend the launch ceremony for the milestone station.  For the first time, the new stations support battery swaps for users of all three NIO brands — NIO, ONVO and firefly — further expanding the network’s service coverage. NIO built its first battery swap station in May 2018 and completed its first battery swap service the same year. Over t...

NIO's 3,994th battery swap station began operations on August 3 NIO Inc will put its first fifth-generation battery swap station into operation on August 7 in Quanzhou, Fujian province , a facility that will also stand as the company's 4,000th swap site in China. Ma Lin, NIO's vice president of branding and communications, revealed the date on Monday. He said on August 1 that the first fifth-generation station would go live in early August, but did not give a specific date at the time.  NIO has built its brand around battery swapping as an alternative to fast charging , a strategy few competitors have replicated at scale, and the new station represents the biggest structural change to that network since it launched. The station will run on a rebuilt fifth-generation swap architecture built to accommodate a far wider range of vehicle wheelbases than earlier generations. The station will support battery swaps for users of all of the company's three brands — NIO, Onvo and ...