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In the face of the current difficulty in making profits from the battery swap model of new energy vehicles, opening up the battery swap ecosystem may be an important path for battery swap participants to achieve profitability.
That is to say, only after the scale effect of battery swapping can the operating costs be reduced, so as to truly promote it on a large scale, so that the business can last and the participants can make a profit.
This move is the main path of NIO's current layout. From the perspective of long-term benefits, Li Bin has repeatedly mentioned that the development of battery swap services has some characteristics: strong network effect, and the battery swap network is equivalent to the cloud service infrastructure of the energy Internet; Large investment scale and long investment cycle; From serving yourself to serving external customers.
Therefore, NIO is constantly expanding its "circle of friends", especially for vehicle companies. Considering compatibility, NIO is working with major partners to develop battery swap models and share the battery swap network.
If NIO can succeed, then the large-scale promotion of the battery swap mode will be more likely.
Jiangling Motors obtained a patent for a combination of pure electric tractor and semi-trailer battery swapping device
On May 10, 2024, according to the announcement of the State Intellectual Property Office, Jiangling Motors Co., Ltd. has obtained a project called "a pure electric tractor and semi-trailer combined battery swapping device", with an authorization announcement number of CN108544977B, and the application date is June 2018.
The patent abstract shows that the present invention relates to the technical field of electric vehicle, in particular to a pure electric tractor and a semi-trailer combined battery swap mode design scheme, comprising a pure electric tractor, a semi-trailer, and a tractor power battery pack is fixed on the pure electric tractor; The chassis of described semi-trailer is fixed with semi-trailer battery pack; Described semi-trailer battery pack is connected with tractor power battery pack by high-voltage cable. The invention connects the semi-trailer battery pack with the tractor power battery pack by a high-voltage cable to increase the total storage capacity of the battery system of the pure electric tractor, improves the driving range of the pure electric tractor, and increases the applicability of the pure electric traction train in the field of medium and long-distance transportation; By setting up a quick replacement bracket to shorten the battery replacement time of the battery system, the non-stop charging operation of the pure electric tractor is realized, and the driving range and operation efficiency of the vehicle are greatly improved.
The first new energy heavy truck charging and swapping station in Jincheng City, Shanxi Province was put into use
On May 9, according to media reports, Jincheng's first new energy heavy truck charging and battery swapping integrated station is also the province's first "light, storage, charging, and changing" integrated station, which is jointly built by Shanxi Jindian New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. and State Power Investment Qiyuan Core Power. After the vehicle enters the station, the system will automatically identify and start the battery replacement, and the robotic arm will lift the old battery of the vehicle to the empty cabin, extract the fully charged battery and install it in the car, which can realize the five-minute battery replacement of new energy heavy trucks.
The first taxi swap station in Shijiazhuang was put into use
On May 9, according to media reports, the Xinao taxi battery swap station located at the intersection of Zhonghua Street and North Second Ring Road in Shijiazhuang City was officially put into operation, which is the first battery swap station for operating vehicles in Shijiazhuang City. The station is jointly invested and constructed by ENN Group, Aodong New Energy and SAIC Roewe.
GAC "entered the circle", and NIO's "battery swap alliance" added another member
On May 8, NIO and GAC Group announced that they have reached a strategic cooperation on battery charging and swapping, which will cover battery standard formulation, battery swap technology research and development, battery asset management and operation, battery swap service network construction and operation, battery swap model development and customization, and interconnection of charging facilities.
Yiyi Internet cooperated with Tianjin Public Transport Group to build a battery swap station
On April 26, the first battery swap station of strategic cooperation between Tianjin Public Transport Group (Holdings) Co., Ltd. and Yiyi Internet Technology Co., Ltd., Hebei Zhengyi Road Battery Swap Station, successfully held the opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony. The opening of Hebei Zhengyi Road Battery Swap Station is the 19th battery swap station put into operation in Tianjin, and more than 100 battery swap stations and comprehensive energy demonstration stations will be built in Tianjin in the future, which can serve at least 20,000 battery swap vehicles.
NIO and Lotus have reached a strategic cooperation on battery charging and swapping
On April 25, NIO Holdings Co., Ltd. and Wuhan Lotus Technology Co., Ltd. announced at the 2024 Beijing International Automobile Exhibition that they have officially reached a strategic cooperation on battery charging and swapping.
According to the agreement, the two parties will carry out all-round and multi-level in-depth strategic cooperation in the fields of battery standards, charging and swapping technology, battery asset management and operation, charging and swapping service network construction and operation, charging and swapping model research and development and customization, charging interconnection and other fields involved in the charging and swapping industry, promote the establishment of a unified battery standard system, and cooperate in the research and development of passenger vehicles adapted to the battery swapping system; Promote the interconnection between battery swap operation networks and operators; Promote the establishment of a unified battery swap operation management system; promote the establishment of an efficient battery asset management system; promote the interconnection of charging platforms; Promote the establishment of a unified high-power charging technology system and a reliable and shared high-power charging network.