NIO so far deploys over 3,000 battery swapping stations in China

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- On January 3, NIO announced the launch of its 3,000th battery swapping station in China, which is located in Harbin. On the same day, other new stations were inaugurated in Wenzhou, Shangrao, Dongguan, Shaoxing, and Nanchang cities.

Since the first battery swapping station came online in Shenzhen on May 20, 2018, NIO took 1,508 days to reach the first 1,000 stations, 477 days to grow from 1,000 to 2,000, and only 434 days to surpass 3,000 stations cumulatively.The second half of 2024 witnessed the acceleration, with 576 new stations constructed. Besides, in December 2024, NIO announced the completion of its battery swapping network that covers China’s 9 north-south and 9 east-west main highways, connecting all major cities across the country and spanning 12 key city clusters. This network enables seamless battery swap along highways, with a station located every 200 kilometers averagely, connecting over 700 cities. NIO users can now travel between major cities with access to highway battery swapping services.

At the Power Up 2024 event in August 2024, William Bin Li, the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of NIO Inc., announced the planning on "Power Up Counties", which consists of the county-level electric vehicle (EV) charging network and the county-level battery swapping network in China.

With the plan, NIO is to expand its charging network, installing chargers in all counties in China. Moreover, NIO will carry out the plan to expand the battery swapping network in three phases: By June 30, 2025, NIO Power Swap Station (PSS) will be built in over 1,200 counties of 14 provincial-level administrative divisions; by December 31, 2025, the PSS network will be available in counties of another 13 provincial-level administrative divisions. By then, NIO PSS will have covered over 2,300 counties of 27 provincial-level administrative divisions. Starting 2026, NIO will expand coverage in the remaining provincial-level administrative divisions. NIO's charging and battery swapping networks are expected to be enhanced and expanded with the release of "Power Up Counties", offering convenient, efficient, and reassuring experiences for users of NIO, ONVO, and other new energy vehicle brands.