en.Wedoany.com Reported - On June 23, NIO's 9,000th battery swap and charging station officially went live in Ankang, Shaanxi. NIO has now built 9,003 such stations, providing over 200 million battery swap and charging services cumulatively. The scale of both its swap stations and charging piles ranks first in the industry.
NIO founder and chairman William Li once stated that the company does not pursue profitability per station in the short term, but continues to invest ahead of demand to accelerate network expansion.
Now, with rapid technological iterations in energy replenishment, NIO's battery swap "card" is entering a critical window for investment. According to plans, over 1,000 new stations will be built in 2026, bringing the total to over 4,600 by year-end. The fifth-generation swap stations will begin large-scale deployment in the third quarter.
Li previously revealed NIO's capital strategy post-profitability: strict control over ROI. Specifically, NIO will decisively cut back on application layers, explicitly rejecting range-extender and plug-in hybrid routes. Additionally, given the existing ES9 layout, no separate MPV will be developed. However, the company will continue heavy investment in underlying R&D (chips, operating systems) and energy replenishment infrastructure, with a firm commitment to adding 1,000 new swap stations this year.
It is reported that in the battery swap field, NIO has led or participated in the formulation and revision of over 50 national, industry, and group standards, as well as four IEC standards. It continues to promote the construction of a battery swap industry standard system, using standardization to drive industry development and technological innovation. As of June 10, NIO has filed over 1,650 global battery swap patents.
Not long ago, the Singapore electric vehicle charging and battery swap standard, "Singapore Standard SS 722," which was deeply researched and developed with NIO's participation, was officially launched.
As the core leading entity in this update of Singapore's battery swap technical standards, NIO played a significant role in multiple aspects. The release of this standard marks new progress for the battery swap model at the international standardization level. Chinese companies represented by NIO, with their long-accumulated technological innovation and operational practices in the battery swap field, are contributing more experience to the global development of the smart electric vehicle industry.
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