On July 29th, Peter Szijjártó, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary, and Zhang Hui, Vice President of NIO Europe, jointly announced in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, that NIO Energy Europe Factory, which is invested and built in Pest County, Hungary, will be put into operation in September.
NIO Energy Europe Factory covers an area of about 10,000 square meters, it is the first factory built overseas by NIO, and also the European manufacturing, service, and R&D center of NIO’s power products. Its main business includes the manufacturing and after-sales service of battery swapping stations, training of NIO’s European electric vehicle charging business, and R&D of NIO’s power products. Its operation will improve the efficiency of NIO’s energy layout and services in the European market, bringing a better vehicle experience to European users.
In November 2021, NIO installed its first battery swapping station in Norway. According to NIO’s plan, by the end of 2022, the company will build 20 battery swapping stations in Norway, covering five major cities and main roads. NIO plans to build 4,000 battery swapping stations by 2025, with 3,000 of them being set up in China, and most of the remaining 1,000 stations possibly in Europe.
NIO also cooperates with Plug Surfing to support more than 25,000 charging piles throughout Europe. NIO’s home chargers, superchargers, and second-generation battery swapping stations have obtained dual certifications of TüV Rheinland EU certificate and TüV MARK certificate.
Following its entry into the Norwegian market, in the second half of this year, NIO’s products and services will officially land in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark. The operation of NIO Energy Europe Factory will help NIO’s battery swapping station construction in the above-mentioned countries and prepare to provide battery swapping and energy replenishing services to local users.
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