As of October 30, Nio had 438 supercharging stations, 564 destination charging stations and 576 battery swap stations.

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Battery swap stations are Nio's signature replenishment facility, but that doesn't mean the company is neglecting charging facilities, and it has just reached a milestone in that regard.

Data tracked by CnEVPost shows that Nio added eight supercharging stations today, bringing the total to 438, offering 2,640 charging piles. It also added five destination charging stations today, bringing the total to 564, offering 3,125 charging piles.

This means that Nio's total number of supercharging stations and destination charging stations reached 1,002, surpassing 1,000.

Nio is one of the most aggressive EV makers building replenishment facilities in China, and it follows Tesla in reaching this milestone.

Tesla announced last week that it reached 1,000 supercharging stations in the Chinese mainland, offering more than 7,600 supercharging piles.

Notably, Nio's 1,000 charging stations include both fast-charging stations and very slow-charging destination charging stations.

Tesla has not announced the number of its destination charging stations, which would be well over 1,000 if these facilities were taken into account.

But Nio's fast replenishment facilities are dominated by battery swap stations, and data tracked by CnEVPost shows that it added two new such facilities today, bringing the total to 576.

This means that Nio's fast replenishment facilities, including battery swap stations and supercharging stations, have reached 1014, also exceeding 1000.

Nio opened its first charging station on January 17, 2018, and the facility now covers 202 cities.

If you want to know the difference between Nio's different replenishment facilities, you can check the text at the back of the table.

The figures of the below table are from the information published by Nio on Weibo and the official app.

Abbreviations in the table:

Swap = battery swap stations

Chargers = supercharging stations

Destination = destination charging stations

Third Party = Access to third-party charging piles

For those who are not sure what the difference is between these facilities, here is a brief explanation of them.

Battery swap stations are Nio's signature replenishment facility and it is currently the only company offering such models to the general consumer. There are also companies in China that offer models with battery swap support, but for the cab market.

Nio's supercharging stations are facilities similar to Tesla's Supercharger stations, which are the primary way that other EV makers provide users with replenishment in public places.

Information on Nio's website shows that its supercharging stations can provide a maximum of 180 kW of power and 250A of current, and that vehicles can be charged from 20 percent to 80 percent in half an hour.

The destination charging stations are mainly used in scenarios where vehicles are parked for longer periods of time, such as hotels and offices.

Nio uses home charging piles that are also available to customers in the destination charging stations, with two types of power: 7 kW and 20 kW.

For a standard range model with a 75-kWh battery pack, it takes 11.5 hours to charge from 10 percent to 100 percent using a 7-kW charger and 4 hours using a 20-kW charger.

For more on Nio's efforts to build energy replenishment facilities, click on our "Nio Power Tracker" section.