EV Infrastructure

  • Nio signs battery swap tie-up agreements with JAC and Chery, report says

    Nio has also signed strategic cooperation agreements with two state-owned groups in Anhui province for energy storage, charging, and battery swap system construction.

  • Nio puts 10 charging stations supporting vehicle-to-grid into operation in Shanghai

    The facilities allow vehicles to charge during low electricity use and discharge during peak times, helping to smooth the load on the grid and provide financial rewards for vehicle owners.

  • China issues guidelines for vehicle-grid interaction, aims for NEVs to be mobile energy storage facilities

    China aims for NEVs to become an important part of the energy storage system by 2030, providing tens of millions of kilowatts of regulation capacity to the power system.

  • Nio allows Chinese owners of cars purchased on its BaaS model to buy out battery

    Owners of vehicles with purchase invoice dates on or after January 1, 2024 will only be eligible to buy out the battery packs after one year.

  • Nio releases new battery upgrade rules, new conditions to apply after Jan 1

    Customers who buy a Nio vehicle including the battery pack on or after January 1, 2024, will only be able to permanently upgrade the standard-range battery pack to long-range one year later.

  • Nio unveils 4th-gen swap station, new 640-kW supercharger, and 2024 buildout plans

    Nio aims to add 1,000 battery swap stations and 20,000 charging piles in 2024 in China.

  • Nio reaches target of adding 1,000 swap stations in China in 2023

    Nio's 1,000th battery swap station added this year is in Xi'an, where it will hold Nio Day 2023 one day later on December 23.

  • Nio reaches 2,300 swap stations in China

    Nio has added 995 battery swap stations so far this year, and is just 5 more away from its goal of adding 1,000.

  • Nio reaches 150 swap stations in Shanghai, nears year-end target of 2,300 in China

    Nio has reached 2,292 battery swap stations in China and is close to reaching its target of over 2,300 by the end of the year.

  • Nio battery swap alliance has signed up 1 new automaker, says William Li

    Li said the battery swap business could become profitable if it averages 60 orders per station per day, and that figure has already reached 80 in Shanghai.