Chinese EV manufacturer Nio has achieved 136,748 battery swaps in its home country over the Chinese New Year between January 22 and February 3 – the Nio Group offered owners of its new Onvo EV unlimited access to its 3106 battery swap stations on China’s highway system. On February 3 alone it swapped 8,000 batteries over a 24-hour period, said to take less than 3 minutes a car and the company last week performed its 65th million battery swap. The Chinese EV maker intends to launch its Onvo L60 EV here late in the year, but it is not known whether it will roll out battery swap stations. Since launching in Europe in 2021 with a limited electric car line-up it has produced 59 battery swapping stations. The Nio Onvo L60 features 900 Volt electrical architecture and offer class leading ultra-fast charging. I’m David Berthon.

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