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NIO adds 10 showrooms and 66 swap stations worldwide in May

Post author By Lei Kang/CnEVPost
Post date June 1, 2023

As of May 31, NIO had 118 NIO Houses and 269 NIO Spaces worldwide. | NIO US | NIO HK | NIO SG

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NIO (NYSE: NIO) continued its expansion of showrooms and infrastructure in May.

The Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker added 10 showrooms and 66 battery swap stations worldwide in May, according to information released today by the NIO App.

NIO's showrooms include the flagship NIO Houses and the smaller NIO Spaces. The former is a space where NIO offers owners a quality lifestyle, in addition to displaying and selling vehicles.

The company added four new NIO Houses in May, all of which are located in China. To date, the total number of NIO Houses worldwide is 118, including 114 in China and 4 in Europe.

NIO added six NIO Spaces in May, all of which are also located in China. As of May 31, NIO had 269 NIO Spaces worldwide, including 263 in China and 6 overseas.

NIO also added 10 new service centers in May, including three in China and seven overseas. This brings the total number of facilities to 299, including 257 in China and 42 overseas.

NIO added 1 new delivery center in May, bringing the total number of such facilities to 53.

In May, NIO added 66 battery swap stations, including 64 in China and 2 overseas.

As of May 31, NIO had 1,464 battery swap stations worldwide, with 1,448 in China and 16 overseas.

NIO also added 93 charging stations in May, bringing the number to 2,648, of which 2,640 are in China and 8 are overseas.

As of May 31, NIO had 15,673 charging piles worldwide, including 15,649 in China and 24 overseas.

NIO's charging map added access to 22,511 third-party charging piles in May, bringing the total to more than 1,110,000, including more than 400,000 overseas.

The company is expected to announce vehicle delivery figures for May later today. It delivered 6,658 vehicles in April, down 35.85 percent from 10,378 in March.

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NIO opens new plant in Hefei to produce swap stations

Post author By Phate Zhang/CnEVPost
Post date May 29, 2023

NIO is aiming to add 1,000 battery swap stations this year, and to make up for the lack of capacity, it decided to build a new plant in Hefei to produce them, an executive said.

(NIO Power senior vice president Shen Fei talks to the media in Shanghai in March 2023. Image credit: CnEVPost)

NIO (NYSE: NIO) has added a new factory to produce battery swap stations to support its aggressive plan to add 1,000 battery swap stations this year, which it announced three months ago.

A new battery swap station was shipped from the Hefei, Anhui plant on Friday evening, and the station was installed in Xiamen, Fujian this morning, according to NIO Power senior vice president Shen Fei.

Shen revealed the development today on Weibo, which is the first time we've seen content about NIO's new battery swap station factory in Hefei, home to two of NIO's vehicle assembly plants.

NIO decided to add 1,000 battery swap stations this year after the Chinese New Year, and to make up for the lack of capacity, the company decided to build a factory in Hefei to produce these facilities, Shen said.

It took three months from the time that decision was made to the time the first battery swap station was shipped from the plant, according to Shen.

Shen did not provide more details, but the progress appears to have been made with the help of NIO's battery swap station supplier.

Shenzhen-traded Shandong Weida Machinery, which has been supplying battery swap stations to NIO, said on March 29 that its Kunshan, Jiangsu-based subsidiary Swap had developed and delivered the third-generation battery swap stations for NIO.

Swap will continue to develop, produce and supply according to NIO's actual demand and orders in the future, Weida said at the time on an investor interactive platform.

Swap is a joint venture established in 2017 by NIO Power and Weida's industrial robotics subsidiary Demac, dedicated to the design, development, production and manufacturing of automatic battery swap systems, according to information on its official website.

It is unclear how many factories Swap has in China to produce battery swap stations for NIO, which has a factory in Hungary to produce the facility that went into operation in September 2022.

The third generation of NIO's battery swap stations was unveiled at the NIO Day 2022 event on December 24, 2022, capable of storing up to 21 packs, up from 13 for its predecessor generation and five for the first generation of the facility.

NIO announced plans at the time to add 400 battery swap stations by 2023, though that plan was raised to 1,000 on February 21.

William Li, NIO's founder, chairman and CEO, said at the time that the company would further accelerate the deployment of battery swap stations, with a goal of having more than 2,300 battery swap stations in China by the end of 2023.

Speaking at a press conference on the first day of the Shanghai auto show on April 18, Li said that NIO would add about 200 battery swap stations per month starting in June.

As of May 29, NIO had 1,432 battery swap stations in China, 383 of which are located along highways, according to data monitored by CnEVData.

The company also has 2,624 charging stations in China, providing 15,591 charging piles.

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First swap station built by NIO and Shell in Europe goes online

Post author By Lei Kang/CnEVPost
Post date May 16, 2023

NIO and Shell signed a strategic partnership agreement in November 2021 to collaborate on charging and battery swap facilities in China and Europe.

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NIO (NYSE: NIO) and Shell, the world's largest gasoline retailer, have officially launched the first battery swap stations jointly built by the two in Europe, the electric vehicle (EV) maker said today.

The station is located in Harmelen, Netherlands, NIO said today on its Weibo account.

To date, NIO has 16 battery swap stations and eight charging stations in Europe, and its charging map there has access to more than 400,000 third-party charging piles.

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In November 2021, NIO signed a strategic partnership agreement with Shell to collaborate on charging and battery swap facilities in China and Europe.

The two plan to jointly install 100 swap stations in China by 2025 and plan to operate pilot stations in Europe starting in 2022, according to a statement at the time.

On August 1, 2022, the first NIO-Shell partnership battery swap station and supercharger station went into operation in Xiamen, Fujian province, in southeastern China.

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The opening of the station marked the official start of NIO's partnership with Shell in the EV energy sector, NIO said at the time.

As of May 15, NIO had 1,403 battery swap stations in China, as well as 2,580 charging stations offering 15,312 charging piles.

The company's charging map in China has access to more than 700,000 third-party charging piles.

First NIO battery swap station jointly built with Shell goes into operation

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NIO exceeds 1,400 swap stations in China

Post author By Lei Kang/CnEVPost
Post date May 15, 2023

NIO's 1,400th battery swap station in China was built with German retail giant METRO, and the two have built a total of 21 such facilities together to date.

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NIO (NYSE: NIO) has surpassed 1,400 battery swap stations in China, as deployment of its third generation of the facility accelerates.

The electric vehicle (EV) maker today put eight new battery swap stations into operation, bringing the total to 1,403, with 374 of them located along highways, according to an article it posted today on the NIO App.

NIO's 1,400th battery swap station in China is located next to a store of German retail giant METRO in Shanghai, and is the 61st third-generation battery swap station of the EV maker.

The partnership between NIO and METRO began two years ago when the two signed a strategic cooperation agreement on March 29, 2021, to collaborate on the construction of charging stations and battery swap stations.

To date, 21 battery swap stations have been jointly built by the two companies, NIO said today.

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NIO's owners have used battery swap services more than 22 million times, averaging nearly 50,000 times a day, and on average, a vehicle receives a fully charged battery from a battery swap station every 1.9 seconds, NIO said.

In addition to providing replenishment services, these battery swap stations have provided a total of 76,131 battery upgrades to owners, according to the article.

NIO allows owners to upgrade their standard-range battery packs to 100 kWh long range packs on a monthly, annual, or permanent basis.

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On March 3, NIO began offering incentives to encourage owners to upgrade their battery packs to long-range ones.

At the NIO Day 2022 event on December 24, 2022, NIO's third-generation battery swap station was launched, capable of storing up to 21 packs, up from 13 in its previous generation and 5 in the first generation of that facility.

NIO announced plans at the time to add 400 battery swap stations in 2023, though that plan was raised to 1,000 on February 21.

NIO's first 10 third-generation battery swap stations went live in 10 Chinese cities on April 12.

On April 18, Li said on the first day of the Shanghai auto show that NIO will add about 200 battery swap stations every month starting in June.

As of May 15, NIO also had 2,580 charging stations in China, offering 15,312 charging piles. The company's charging map has access to more than 7,000,000 third-party charging stations.

NIO swap station count update: 8 added, total 1,403

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NIO sees over 430,000 battery swap services during Labor Day holiday in China

Post author By Lei Kang/CnEVPost
Post date May 5, 2023

NIO saw 68,748 battery swap services on April 29, the highest number in a single day during the holiday, with its sites along the highway providing 23,460 services that day. | NIO US | NIO HK | NIO SG

NIO sees over 430,000 battery swap services during Labor Day holiday in China-CnEVPost

During the recently concluded Labor Day holiday in China, NIO (NYSE: NIO) provided 432,191 battery swap services, including 138,552 free services at battery swap stations along highways, according to data released today by the electric vehicle (EV) maker.

This year's Labor Day holiday in China ran from April 29 to May 3, and the data released today by NIO covers the period from April 28 to May 4, during which it allowed owners free, unlimited access to swap stations along highways.

NIO saw 68,748 battery swap services on the first day of the holiday, April 29, the highest number for a single day of the holiday, and its highway stations provided 23,460 services that day.

On May 2, NIO's sites along highways provided 23,632 services, the highest number of such sites in a single day. All of NIO's battery swap stations provided 64,309 services that day.

As of May 1, NIO had 1,384 battery swap stations in China, 366 of which are located along highways, according to data it released earlier this week.

In the past four days, NIO has not added any new charging piles or battery swap stations.

Most NIO owners currently have the benefit of four to six free battery swap sessions per month, and a few early adopters have unlimited access to the service.

The free battery swap benefits offered by NIO this past Labor Day holiday are in addition to the benefits already offered to owners.

The company offered similar benefits during the Chinese New Year holiday earlier this year, which saw a spike in the number of services offered at its battery swap stations.

NIO offered free access to battery swap stations from January 13 to February 5 during this year's Chinese New Year holiday, which ran from January 21 to January 27.

On January 27, NIO's battery swap stations reached an all-time high of 62,356 services in a single day, according to its previously announced data.

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NIO sees over 430,000 battery swap services during Labor Day holiday in China

Post author By Lei Kang/CnEVPost
Post date May 5, 2023