On April 15th, NIO’s partnership with Sinopec to promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality officially marked its one-year anniversary. Last year, NIO and Sinopec signed a strategic cooperation agreement, actively promoting joint construction of charging and battery swap infrastructure in various regions, leveraging each other’s strengths to contribute to carbon peak and carbon neutrality.
In the past year, NIO and Sinopec have jointly built 175 charging and battery swap stations, averagely launching one Sinopec co-built station online every two days. There are 71 battery swap stations, 75 supercharge stations, and 29 destination charging stations among the total of 175 charging stations, covering 26 provincial-level administrative regions and 72 prefecture-level cities.
Besides the partnership with Sinopec, NIO announced a partnership with Shell in November 2021, planning to launch a joint brand charging and battery swap network, and establish 100 joint charging and battery swap stations in China by 2025.
NIO’s partnership with Shell will also radiate to Europe, launching the joint charging and battery swap stations under the joint brand starting from 2022. Starting from a pilot project in Norway, the network will extend throughout Europe.
Shell also partners with BYD in building the charging network. In March 2022, Shell and BYD announced a strategic cooperation agreement concerning the construction of the charging network in China and Europe, covering six areas. BYD global customers can access Shell’s charging network with a membership to 275,000 charging points.
Shell and BYD will also explore the establishment of “Shell-BYD” joint brand charging stations in key markets in Europe and the joint development of seamless charging and digital services, aiming to provide better user experience.
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