Nio sets single-day battery swap record with 158,290 services

  • Nio broke its single-day battery swap service record on February 18, just three days after achieving its previous peak.
  • February 15-23 marks China's 2026 Spring Festival holiday period, a peak travel season.
Nio sets single-day battery swap record with 158,290 services
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Nio Inc (NYSE: NIO, HKG: 9866) set a new single-day battery swap service record during the Chinese New Year travel peak, just days after achieving its previous peak.

On February 18 — the second day of the 2026 Chinese Lunar New Year — Nio reached 158,290 single-day battery swap services, setting a new all-time high, the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker announced Thursday.

A Nio battery swap station at Toubao Service Area on the G1523 Ningbo-Dongguan Expressway completed 166 services on February 18, making it the busiest location that day.

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A battery swap station at Longhushan Service Area on the G60 Shanghai-Kunming Expressway provided 157 services, ranking as the second-busiest site.

A station at the Gaoqiao Service Area on the G70 Fuzhou-Yinchuan Expressway provided 153 services, ranking third.

February 15-23 marked China's 2026 Spring Festival holiday period, a peak travel season.

On February 15 — the first day of the 2026 Chinese New Year holiday — Nio delivered 146,649 battery swap services in a single day, its previous record.

To date, Nio operates 3,750 battery swap stations across China, with 1,022 located along expressways, according to its charging map data.

These highway stations connect 550 cities across China.

On February 6, Nio reached a cumulative total of 100 million battery swap services.

William Li reiterated to employees the goal of achieving annual profitability in 2026, following Nio's alert of its first quarterly profit in the fourth quarter of 2025.
Feb 10, 2026

Nio sets single-day battery swap record with 158,290 services

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