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Chinese electric vehicle (EV) automaker NIO announced plans to construct as many as 1,000 battery swap stations across China in 2023, in keeping with statements from Founder William Li on Tuesday (via Reuters).
NIO plans to construct 600 of the battery swap stations in urban areas, especially within the country’s third- and fourth-tier regions, while the opposite 400 are set to be built along highways, in keeping with a post on the automaker’s own social media platform.
In December, NIO said it plans so as to add just 400 swap stations this 12 months, so the news appears to be an expansion of that plan. In the course of the same month, the automaker reached its 300,000th production automotive.
Li also said that, after trips around China’s northeastern parts and lower-tier cities in Zhejiang, lots of the current battery swap stations need user experience improvements.
NIO’s second-gen battery swap stations include 14 battery slots, allowing for as much as 312 swaps per day, in keeping with the corporate.
The news comes a couple of month after Tesla dropped the costs of many its vehicles, forcing other automakers to contemplate whether to do the identical. NIO responded by saying that cutting EV prices wasn’t an “ideal solution,” for automakers like themselves.
In November, NIO built its first battery swap station in Sweden, and the corporate later announced plans to develop its own phone that was “on par with Apple.” Li expects the phone to launch inside a 12 months of the statement.
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