Customers who buy a Nio vehicle including the battery pack on or after January 1, 2024, will only be able to permanently upgrade the standard-range battery pack to long-range one year later.

(In his presentation at Nio Day 2023, William Li said that 95 percent of customers currently choose a standard range battery pack when purchasing a Nio vehicle. Photo taken by CnEVPost)

Nio began offering a flexible battery upgrade option for all owners on December 5, 2021, when it allowed monthly, annual and permanent upgrades.

On July 20 of this year, Nio upgraded the service to begin allowing owners to upgrade their standard range battery packs to long range on a daily basis, at a cost of RMB 50 per day.

($1 = RMB 7.0979)

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