The Nio’s Firefly battery swap station was seen in China for the primary time. In accordance with insider info, these stations can be established in massive cities. Later, the Firefly swap system can be built-in into the fifth-gen Nio energy swap stations (PSS).
Beforehand, there have been some speculations on-line that Firefly would turn into part of the CATL’s battery swap system as a result of cooperation settlement between the world’s greatest battery maker and Nio. Nonetheless, these rumors weren’t formally confirmed. Firefly CEO Daniel Jin stated that Nio will construct the brand new model’s swap stations per person wants. On April 9, the primary picture of the Firefly demo battery swap station was shared by 莱特宁NEV Weibo influencer.
Firefly demo swap station
The Firefly demo battery swap station leaked in a spy picture. We are able to see some Nio Service staff and the white Onvo L60 parked subsequent to the positioning. A check Firefly EV was additionally seen on the PSS, possible performing check swaps. The looks of the Firefly demo station appears like a smaller dimension Nio’s fourth-gen PSS. It’s completed in purple, which is part of the brand new model’s id.
We are able to additionally spotlight that the Firefly PSS adopts the identical cameras and LiDARs structure because the fourth-gen Nio swap station. Beforehand, the Firefly battery swap station was revealed in patent photographs. This PSS may need a big display screen within the entrance. Nonetheless, it wasn’t seen within the spy shot.
The Firefly battery swap stations are stated to be established in massive cities with extra customers. There is no such thing as a details about the event of the brand new model’s battery swap community. Nonetheless, Firefly swap know-how can be built-in into Nio’s fifth-gen energy swap stations sooner or later.
Nio is at present working 3,249 battery swap stations in China. The corporate additionally has round 60 PSS outdoors China.
Firefly EV measures 4003/1781/1557 mm, with a wheelbase of two,615 mm. It has a 42.1 kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery from Sunwoda, enabling a CLTC-rated vary of 420 km. The battery powers a 105 kW (140 hp) electrical motor within the rear axle.
