NIO Power Swap Station 4.0 Now Operational

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Guangzhou, China — The primary batch of NIO Energy Swap Station 4.0 went stay. The fourth technology helps automated battery swap for a number of manufacturers and completely different automobile fashions. NIO, ONVO and all battery swap strategic companions can entry the brand new stations for a comprehensively elevated battery swapping expertise that’s extra handy than fuel refueling.

NIO’s Energy Swap Station 4.0 comes normal with six ultrawide-FOV LiDARs and 4 Orin X chips, realizing a complete computing energy of 1,016TOPS. Customers can begin an computerized battery swap with only one faucet on the middle show, and even with out being within the automotive. 22% sooner than Gen-3, the brand new station can full a swap in 144 seconds. With the compartment enlarged to accommodate 23 batteries, every station can present as much as 480 swaps per day. Each pace and capability are delivered to the following degree. Launched along with the brand new battery swap station was the 640kW Liquid-Cooled Energy Charger, boasting a most present of 765A and a voltage of 1,000V. The liquid-cooled charging cable developed by NIO is as gentle as 2.4kg, corresponding to a laptop computer and pleasant to one-hand operation.

The primary new stations had been put in within the Liwan District of Guangzhou and the Luoji Service Space on the G40 Shanghai-Shaanxi Expressway. The one in Guangzhou is the 108th station of town. The station on the G40 Expressway is in Lu’an, Anhui Province is the primary station collectively established by NIO and Zhongan Vitality after signing the strategic partnership settlement on March 22. Going ahead, NIO and Zhongan Vitality will deploy extra all-in-one stations, which means the charging and swapping stations additionally able to solar energy technology and power storage, in Anhui Province, from the place the community will radiate to the Yangtze River Delta and even your complete nation.

Since institution, NIO has been making unwavering dedication to develop charging and swapping applied sciences and product R&D, and repeatedly growing the infrastructure community. As of June 13, NIO has put in 2,432 Energy Swap Stations and 22,633 chargers in China, amongst which 804 swap stations and 1,650 tremendous chargers are on highways. NIO is the automotive firm with the biggest battery swapping and charging community in China. Doubling down on its efforts, NIO is dedicated to offering customers with a holistic recharging expertise past refueling.

Press launch from NIO.