[Updated] Nio breaks single-day battery swap service record, again

This post was originally published on February 19 and was updated on February 20, February 22, and February 23.

• On February 22, Nio completed 177,627 battery swap services, setting a new single-day record for the fifth consecutive day.
• The busiest station handled 191 swaps in a single day.

Nio Inc (NYSE: NIO, HKG: 9866) has been setting consecutive daily battery swap service records during China’s Spring Festival travel peak.

On February 22 — the sixth day of the 2026 Chinese New Year — Nio reached 177,627 daily battery swaps, setting a new all-time high, the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker announced Monday.

This marks the sixth time this month the service has broken its historical record and the fifth consecutive day of setting a new daily record.

Other recent records include:

• February 15: 146,649 battery swaps.
• February 18: 158,290 battery swaps.
• February 19: 165,898 battery swaps.
• February 20: 170,305 battery swaps.
• February 21: 175,976 battery swaps.

A station at Longhushan Service Area on the G60 Shanghai-Kunming Expressway completed 191 services on February 22, marking the highest single-day total.

A station at the Xianshan Service Area on the G42 Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway completed 182 services.

A station at the Jiangdu Service Area on the G2 Beijing-Shanghai Expressway completed 176 services.

February 15-23 marked China’s 2026 Spring Festival holiday period, a peak travel season.

On February 15 — the first day of China’s 2026 Spring Festival holiday — Nio delivered 146,649 battery swap services in a single day, setting the first record of the month.

To date, Nio operates 3,750 battery swap stations across China, with 1,022 located along expressways, according to its charging network data.

These expressway stations connect 550 cities nationwide.

On February 6, Nio reached a cumulative milestone of 100 million battery swap services.

By the end of January, Nio Inc had delivered a cumulative total of 1,024,774 vehicles, comprising 850,503 Nio-branded vehicles, 132,050 Onvo-branded vehicles, and 42,221 Firefly-branded vehicles, according to data compiled by CnEVPost.

Currently, Onvo-branded vehicles share battery swap stations with Nio, while Firefly vehicles cannot yet utilize this service.

William Li reiterated to employees the goal of achieving annual profitability in 2026, following Nio’s alert of its first quarterly profit in the fourth quarter of 2025.