Nio and Sinopec first partnered in 2021 to collectively construct charging and battery-swapping infrastructure. In 2022, Nio recorded greater than 800 battery-swapping stations in China. Thus far, 119 battery swap stations and 160 charging stations have been constructed as a part of the cooperation with Sinopec. Nio has stated on social media that the cooperation will “improve the supply, effectivity and comfort of charging companies.”
In 2022, Sinopec additional entered the battery-swapping house independently of Nio. Sinopec joined forces with the carmaker SAIC, the battery producer CATL, and China Nationwide Petroleum (CNPC) to discovered a three way partnership to advertise EVs with swappable batteries. With this cooperation, SAIC aimed to supply automobiles able to battery swapping underneath a number of manufacturers directly.
In line with cnevpost, Nio now has 2,529 battery swap stations in China. Nio’s charging map knowledge exhibits that 847 of those are positioned alongside highways. The Chinese language carmaker additionally has 2,326 supercharging stations in China with 10,761 cost factors and 1,643 vacation spot charging stations, offering 12,684 cost factors. The corporate’s charging map accesses 1,085,574 third-party cost factors.
cnevpost.com, x.com