Battery Swap ONLY for 2000KM - Chinese New Year Special 

Nios are pretty expensive and charging speeds are getting much faster these days.

@@Iropod not forgetting that NIO you can battery swap or charge the car which is a perfectly combination

​@@IropodStill you have to wait. For these trips you probabely want a battery with 80+SOC an charging gets slower above 80%.

@@ohasli38and battery degradation for others not for NIO users.

There's no need to getting on and off the freeway, cos those battery swapping stations are inside the freeway rest stops.

Nio actually takes the responsibility of replacing old battery which means more operation cost. However, in China their price is not much more higher than Tesla. That's the reason of their bad financial results. However, they can achieve profit in developed countries where customers value more on service.

Thats nice and all but you pay extra and 170 up to 300€ per month to be able to use swapping. The cost of the stations is immense and pushed to consumers, this works in Govt funded China but not in EU/US.

Mate, corporations in the US receive massive tax breaks and are funded with tax Dollars up to the brim! @@flujori

@@flujori The government does not provide funding, and Chinese people cannot afford the cost, as evidenced by the sales of nio

新年快乐. Great video, as a Nio ES6 owner this was extremely interesting to watch. Also an experienced driver having lived and driven in U.K. (home country) South Africa, Poland, India, Germany and now China, while in Germany and Poland undertook many 1000+km trips in both good and bad weather (like you I have never seen traffic like you encountered on this trip). Always did my trips in a petrol or diesel powered car, never an EV, 1000km in 8-10 hrs even on clear German autobahns reaching speeds of 255km/hr is not an easy drive, I think I would have given up and gone home on the first day. Your faith in NOP+ was interesting, I have only used around Beijing and it works very well (especially since Banyan 2.4 upgrade) however, I am not sure I would have the faith to let it drive me in conditions I could not see clearly in, I clearly need to try harder with this system.

As the service gets more mainstream, it will become more affordable. Keep in mind that the business model is different in Europe and China. With the upcoming sub-brand, partners and thousands of new swap stations, it's gonna get even more interesting.

First you have to be able to get a ticket😅 not an easy task during the Chinese New Year holiday

@@mcqueen_nahco3177 Good point. The logistics of this period is absolutely insane.

Then sell your junk BYD EV and buy NIO EV

@@chauduong835 where's the way way cheaper NIO EV?

Few giant automakers is also joining Geely and Changan automobil has sign partnership with nio to jointly support battery swapping... soon more and more china car company will join.

@@kckfen That would be fantastic news and really what I am looking forward to. I want sub-$10K EVs where you don't pay upfront for the battery, instead you pay a price per month for battery usage based on your needed range, to come with battery swap as a service and yet be 100% future proof for when longer range cheaper batteries become possible..

Not on the east coast. Note that Sean's trip is earlier to the CNY, NIO battery swap stations on the highway have way less waiting time than in the cities.

iirc its an optional subscription. start at 170 usd per month

1) it is free during the Chinese new year, 2) each owner has 4 free swap each month; 3) if you used all your 4 free swaps, each time you pay about $15 each swap

My 30 yo car has a temperature sensor and ice warning.

@@DBGE001 My car has traction control. What my car doesn't have is an advantaged set of eyes that might not slow down despite the totaled vehicle and screaming cries in front of it. I'm sure developers will program all this in, as to why cars are slowing down when the conditions are freezing rain.

Simple answer is: It takes less space. Note that most stations in the cities are near the office buildings, current pre-existing buildings do not leave too much space for a battery swap station.

It’s free during Chinese new year

What is the regular price outside of the holidays?@@yandongpeng4824

maybe it is to reduce form factor in cities where space is limited

Some of NIO's battery swap stations have drive-thru configuration. I want to see multiple battery swap units at locations that have large amount of battery swap requests

Commercial real estate is expensive, therefore to reduce costs you reduce the footprint. If you do have extra space it's better to install additional chargers then a drive-thru since NIO's charging service is actually profitable.

Mostly unmanned now days

转b站弹幕，因为一块电池充电需要2小时，换一次电需要5分钟，所以只要确保有120/5=24块电池始终备齐在换电站，就能维持一个完整的循环了

but does the cat cook up a Chinese new year Feast 🤔

The duration depends on which generation of PSS you use, 3-5 minutes is the normal swap time. Banyan 2.4.0 keeps some power on the car during the swap, previous versions shut down car electric completely. Even with power off it is still possible to manually open the doors so not locked in.

​@@stevehale4712i have not seen an unedited video where the swap is less than 4minutes30seconds. Can you find one? And leaving the car had nothing to do with safety but with comfort, you can leave the car when DC fast charging, you have to sit in the car during the swap.

@@flujori I am in 2 chat groups in China and I see messages such as this on a regular basis “Yesterday i got a swap in 3,56min. including parking. The fastest ever what i achieved.” Parking was taking quite a bit of the time, the Banyan 2.4 software upgrade has significantly sped up the parking process and under 4 minutes is the norm for Gen 3 PSS. Staying in the car for 4/5 minutes is not a hardship

​@@steve251157 thats cool and all but just like in racing and sports, it only matters if its recorded. I'l believe it when i see it.

@@flujori fair enough, your call. Personally I believe this guys in my chat groups (about 100). The aim of the group is to help each other with Nio issues (how to…. ; I have a problem with ….. ; ….. works better now that Nio did ……etc.) Nio have a couple of guys in one of the groups who take away user issues to get resolved. Nio is very customer/user focused, listen and take action.

Pretty much same price as nearby charging station .

currenly nio owners get 4 swap for free per month. ~15 usd per swap after that. or you join subscription for ~170 usd per month.

need to know that ES8 is a 6-seat big car.

and that the low temperature affects travel range dramatically

Happy Chinese new year 🎉