- Nio currently has 3,106 battery swap stations in China, of which 964 are located along highways.
- It provided 2,949,969 battery swap services in China in January, a daily average of 95,160.
Nio (NYSE: NIO) continues to add its signature battery swap stations and is moving forward with a previously announced plan to deploy the facility in less-developed areas.
The electric vehicle (EV) maker added 111 battery swap stations in China in January, according to a report it released today on the operations of its energy unit, Nio Power.
The company's Power Up Counties program is making steady progress, with 43 county-level administrative regions getting their first Nio battery swap stations in January, according to the report.
Nio announced its Power Up Counties program on August 20, 2024, with the goal of having its battery swap station network cover more than 1,200 counties in 14 provincial administrative regions by June 30, 2025.
Of the battery swap stations the company added in January, 15 are located along highways. Currently, there is an average of one Nio battery swap station for every 190 kilometers of highways.
Nio currently has 3,106 battery swap stations in China, of which 964 are located along highways, according to its charging map.
It provided 2,949,969 battery swap services in China in January, a daily average of 95,160, up from 77,268 in November last year. Nio's December Nio Power operations report makes no mention of average daily service numbers.
The higher daily average in January may be partly due to the Chinese New Year holiday -- January 28 to February 4 -- which brought a travel rush.
Nio's single-day battery swap service exceeded 100,000 on January 23 and remained above that mark in the following multiple days.
On an average, each Nio user used the battery swap service around six times in January. Compared to charging, the service saves one user 5 hours and 42 minutes per month, Nio said.
A total of 44,323 Nio users enjoyed their first battery swap service in January, according to the report.
Nio added 49 battery swap stations available to Onvo last week, bringing the number of stations available to the sub-brand to 1,291, according to data released by Onvo on February 3.
Yesterday, Onvo said that for the first time, its users used the battery swap service more than 8,000 times in a single day.
On January 25, Onvo announced that its users surpassed 5,000 battery swap services in a single day.
To date, Nio Inc has delivered a cumulative total of 685,427 vehicles, including 658,754 under Nio's main brand and 26,673 for Onvo, according to data compiled by CnEVPost.
Onvo launched its first model, the L60 SUV (sport utility vehicle), on September 19, 2024, with deliveries beginning on September 28.
In addition to its signature battery swap stations, Nio has one of the largest charging networks in China.
The company added 401 charging piles in January, with 21 county-level administrative regions getting their first Nio charging piles, according to its report today.
To date, Nio has 2,659 supercharging stations in China offering 12,304 charging piles, and 1,687 destination charging stations offering 13,130 charging piles, according to its charging map.
Under its Power Up Counties program, Nio aims to have its charging network cover all counties in China by June 30, 2025.
The company provided 2,134,154 charging services in January, with more than 80 percent of orders serving non-Nio-branded cars, according to its report.
To date, Nio's charging network has provided charging services to users of more than 200 brands.
Nio offered 10,067 battery upgrades in January. The company allowed users of the standard 75-kWh range models to temporarily upgrade to the higher-capacity 100-kWh and 150-kWh battery packs on demand.
To date, the company has provided a total of 353,442 flexible battery upgrades.
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