The primary batch of NIO’s fourth-generation battery swap stations went stay this month in China, paving the way in which for the assist of a number of manufacturers and fashions.
In line with the Chinese language producer, the Energy Swap Station 4.0 is absolutely automated. Thanks to 6 ultrawide-FOV LiDARs and 4 Orin X chips, which have a complete computing energy of 1,016TOPS, the battery swap course of could be began with only one faucet on the automobile’s middle show and even with out being within the automobile.
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The most recent battery swap station can be considerably extra succesful than the earlier generations. It is bigger and might accommodate 23 battery packs. The battery swap course of can be faster and takes simply 144 seconds. NIO says {that a} single station can present as much as 480 swaps per day.
The battery swap is extra handy and certain quicker than refueling as a result of the motive force doesn’t need to get out of the automobile.
NIO Energy Swap Station 4.0
NIO Energy Swap Station 4.0
The stations are appropriate with the entire line of NIO’s battery packs. At the moment, the corporate affords a 75-kilowatt-hour battery (the LFP model changed the dual-chemistry LFP/NCM model), a 100-kWh NCM battery and a 150-kWh battery (Beijing WeLion New Power Know-how semi-solid state cells).
The 150-kWh packs can be found for lease beginning June 1, 2024 (the 100-kWh packs could be rented or bought). The value differs relying on the automobile’s authentic battery. For 70/75-kWh battery pack customers, a swap to a 150-kWh unit prices 150 CNY ($21) per day inside the first seven days, in response to CnEVPost. Within the case of the 100-kWh battery EVs, the swap prices 100 CNY ($14) per day inside the first seven days. After that, the associated fee will increase by 50 CNY ($7) per day. That is on high of the price of utilizing the battery swap service.
The 4.0 can be utilized by NIO vehicles, NIO’s new Onvo model, and different strategic accomplice battery swaps. Let’s recall that NIO has a battery swap partnership signed with Changan Car and Geely Holding.
NIO Energy Swap Station 4.0:
- Battery swap time: 144 seconds
[3.0 needs 150 seconds, 2.0 needs 277 seconds] - battery packs: 23
[3.0 has 21 batteries, 2.0 has 13 batteries, 1.0 has 5 batteries] - every day output: as much as 480 battery swaps per day (one per 10 minutes on common)
[3.0 up to 408 swaps, 2.0 up to 312 swaps] - automated operation
- commonplace options: six ultrawide-FOV LiDARs and 4 Orin X chips, realizing a complete computing energy of 1,016TOPS
- launched: December 2023
- first put in: June 2024
As of June 13, 2024, NIO’s battery swap community consisted of two,432 stations in China. The corporate’s charging factors quantity over 22,600.
In line with NIO founder, chairman, and CEO William Li (by way of CnEVPost), the 4.0 battery swap stations can break even when they supply 60 swaps per day. That might be simply 12.5% of the station’s potential 480 swaps per day.
DC Quick Charging Vs. Battery Swapping
NIO doesn’t resign from DC quick charging. With the launch of the 4.0 battery swap stations, the corporate additionally launched the brand new 640-kilowatt liquid-cooled Energy Charger 4.0, which has a most present of 765 amps and a most voltage of 1,000 volts. The brand new charging cable developed by NIO is as gentle as 5.3 kilos.
The facility improve from the earlier 500 kilowatts and as much as 660 A was thought-about essential to recharge the high-capacity packs from 10 to 80% state-of-charge in about 12 minutes.
