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NIO Installs 700th Battery Swap Station In China, A New Record
Chinese all-electric automaker NIO installs 700th Battery Swap Station in China, a new record.
NIO says also that currently there are 258 NIO cars on the roads per one station.
By 2025, the company intends to have 4,000 battery swap stations (including 1,000 outside China).
Since the launch of the second-generation Power Swap Station 2.0 in April, the expansion of the network significantly accelerated and the network more than doubled.
According to the Chinese manufacturer, cumulatively the network provided over 5.3 million battery swaps, compared to 4 million as of September 29, 2021.
NIO says also that currently there are 258 NIO cars on the roads per one station and that over 42% live within three kilometers from their nearest battery swap station.
“NIO is accelerating its deployment of battery swapping stations in urban areas. At the end of November, 42.34% of NIO users live within three kilometers from their nearest battery swapping station. The “Station to Vehicle” ratio drops to 258, meaning on average each battery swap station serves 258 cars.”
By 2025, the company intends to have 4,000 battery swap stations (including 1,000 outside China).
The battery swap network is not the only one, as NIO installs also charging infrastructure. Let’s see the numbers:
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700 Power Swap stations (including 150 along highways)
534 fast-charging stations with 3,020 stalls
600 destination charging stations with 3,319 stalls
Access to over 430,000 third-party charging stalls
NIO focuses on battery swapping rather than fast charging. This has been a major trend among Chinese manufacturers, which prefers the battery swap infrastructure.
In comparison, Tesla, sticks with fast charging, after conducting a small battery swap pilot with the Tesla Model S in California several years ago.
