NIO believe in technology battery Replacement and is investing heavily in setting up a wide network of battery exchange stations in China and beyond. As we know, the Chinese car manufacturer plans to install a total of 1,000 new battery replacement stations in the country during 2023. The goal is to end 2023 with 2,300 active battery change stations.
Critical to this strategy will be new 3rd Generation Power Swap Station that NIO unveiled during NIO’s last day. The first of these new battery swap stations is now operational.
Functional tests will be carried out first to make it available to all customers. The first 3.0 power plant is located in Shanghai and the commissioning was accompanied by a small event that he attended. Shen Feivice president of NIO, who reiterated some of the main features.
The new Station 3.0 is capable of storing up to 21 batteries inside (13 in the “old” Power Swap Station 2.0). Every day can be forced to perform up to 408 battery changes (312 today with 2.0 stations). The whole process of changing the battery is very fast and, of course, automated. Required time – no more than 5 minutes.
The Chinese automaker continues to develop this technology, which it intends to introduce in Europe. As you know, she began to install the first stations in the countries of the Old Continent, where she launched the marketing of her electric vehicles. To support its growth strategy in Europe, the company also opened a battery replacement plant in Hungary.
However, NIO has great faith in this technology. several analysts are skeptical because in order to widely distribute battery replacement, manufacturers need to find an agreement on a common standard for batteries. That’s a very remote possibility given where it’s heading in the market.
In any case, the Chinese manufacturer continues on its way. As of March 23, 2023, NIO customers had 1,323 battery replacement stations in China.
Source: HD Motori
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