Nio boosts battery swap network along highways ahead of China's National Day holiday
Nio has put 13 new battery swap stations into operation in China in the past two days ahead of the Chinese National Day holiday travel peak.
Nio has intensively brought new battery swap stations online in China ahead of the National Day holiday travel season.
Nio's battery swap network has completed covering all of the highways in eastern China's Zhejiang province, the company announced today as new stations were put into service.
Along the highways in Zhejiang, Nio has 44 battery swap stations that connect 11 cities in the province, the company said today.
Nio's battery swap network covering Zhejiang's highways connects car owners to popular travel destinations, the company said today.
Here are some images of Zhejiang that Nio shared on its Chinese app.
In addition to Zhejiang, Nio said its battery swap network in the Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei city cluster has become denser.
Since the initial launch of Nio's battery swap network covering the city cluster on September 16, the company has added 14 new battery swap stations located along highways here, it said today.
To date, Nio's battery swap network covering the Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei city cluster has 26 battery swap stations, the company said.
Here are some images of the city cluster shared by Nio on its app.
October 1-7 is the National Day holiday in China, which is also usually the peak of people's driving trips.
At a time when China's electric vehicle sales are exploding, the lack of replenishment facilities, despite their rapid increase, and the difficulty of charging during the holiday are becoming a concern.
Nio put nine new battery swap stations into operation in China yesterday and added four more today, bringing the total to 1,145, 312 of which are located along highways, according to data monitored by CnEVPost.
In addition to the increasing number of battery swap stations in China, Nio opened its first battery swap station in Germany on September 28, located on the busy A8 motorway between Ulm and Augsburg. The company will officially enter Germany on October 7.
With the imminent delivery of the first vehicles in Germany, Nio customers will soon be able to experience this revolutionary charging solution for themselves, including a fully automated battery swap, the company said.
Nio aims to have more than 4,000 battery swap stations worldwide by 2025, with 1,000 of them located in overseas markets.
In addition to its iconic battery swap stations, Nio also has one of the largest number of charging stations in China, with 1,938 stations providing 11,203 charging piles to date.
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