"Nio’s customers managed to swap more than 1 million batteries in just a week. Its highest day of swaps during this last sprint was 170,585 batteries—and that wasn't even its all-time record. EVs might be getting uber-fast at charging, but there's still one refueling method in China that makes plugging in feel as archaic as feeding your horse some oats. We're talking about Nio's battery swapping tech. Pull in, wait about three minutes, and leave with a fully-charged pack."
"Nio was able to perform 1,031,469 separate battery-swapping sessions between April 30 and May 6—or about 147,350 swaps per day. That's an average of 270 swaps across its 3,839 battery swapping stations, or right around 40 per-site, per-day. The actual highest day of use was May 1 where Nio swapped out 170,585 batteries. This was a huge number of swaps, but still didn't quite beat the automaker's record of 177,627 in a single day."
"Even more impressive was the amount of power delivered via the stations. From May 1 until May 5, Nio says that it provided 15.4 gigawatt-hours of energy, which it claims was around 16.3% of all energy delivered to EVs in China over the same period of time. Battery swapping has several notable advantages over charging. One is speed. While even the quickest charging stop in the U.S. takes around 20 minutes, and most EVs require more like 30-40, an automated battery-pack swap can take just a few minutes."
"The batteries are charged slowly on site, reducing the location's power needs. And the framework enables different "
Nio’s battery swapping system enables drivers to enter, wait about three minutes, and leave with a fully charged battery pack. During China’s May Day travel rush, Nio completed 1,031,469 battery-swapping sessions between April 30 and May 6, averaging about 147,350 swaps per day. The highest single day reached 170,585 swaps on May 1, below the all-time record of 177,627 set on February 22 during the Spring Festival travel rush. Nio also reported delivering 15.4 gigawatt-hours of energy from May 1 to May 5, claiming this represented about 16.3% of all energy delivered to EVs in China over the same period. Battery swapping offers speed and reduces on-site power requirements by charging packs slowly at stations.
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