NIO EC6 - My First Battery Swap - Are There Enough Swap Stations? How Long Does It Take?

Went to swap my battery for the very first time. I was a little worried because 5 people were queued ahead of me on the app, but I managed to get in and out of there in about 20 minutes, watch the video to find out why.
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[@MrPNioVideos]

If you have to wait an hour, nio will just tell you to go charge and make your charge completely free (gotta scan thru the NIO app) it's how they try to ease demand for batteries during peak hours

[@Eric_Garrison]

That’s good to know. You gotta ask them or they’ll tell you directly? What about in situation like this with all charging bays also full?

[@MrPNioVideos]

@@Eric_Garrison usually they will tell you not to wait, and it doesnt have to be the nearest charging Bay, any charger, as long as you scan with the NIO app, the bill is automatically taken care of by nio. It's company policy

[@Eric_Garrison]

Good knowledge. 👌🏻

[@davidchong7644]

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[@2jordanchong13]

I prefer Huawei battery 10min charge can drive 170km... Neo if drive to village who can change battery for u?

[@royguyao]

As a Nio ES8 ower for almost 800days, I've never used my charging at home for a year since there's a power swap station opened nearby,happy to see this vlog

[@PhilthyMr]

Look at mr fancy pants. We that don’t have a NIO (yet) are very jealous but very happy for you !

[@creatineenjoyer7345]

@@PhilthyMr so true. Good job Roy Gu

[@PLO007]

Thanks for shooting this swapping video, Eric. And you got the big ass 100kWh battery package. Makes sense for all the long trips you will be taking. Good choice.

[@jdc3636]

Love those kids on scooters chasing the NIO a little bit😄

[@jesusnunez3488]

This is crazy 15-30 minutes for a whole new battery ? This idea in itself is unique and super efficient . My brother owns an ev Ford I believe and 1-2hrswouldn’t even give the 1/10 of the capacity of nio. 🤯there really tryna be a top competitors in the ev market and i see it

[@ChefVal1]

Sending you the usual comment my friend - may your new NIO bring you loads of joy!

[@Eric_Garrison]

Thanks as always!

[@cevahirlacin9118]

@@Eric_Garrison may your new nio bring us a lot of cash...thanks .

[@martcouz]

Super cool !! Thanks so much for sharing for all of us outside of China. Cheers !

[@hectorfernando4445]

That doesn't seem cost effective for them. They have employees managing the platform, the machine to lift the car, paying for the space or area of the property, energy use, insurance... It's easier to build charging stations.

[@MultiVfc]

And a lot of stationary batteries that should be in more cars sold... Not best business plan

[@OKANGUVEN99]

these are the beginnings. Companies are experimenting. Maybe in the future this will be a premium option or it will on intercity highways etc. Car sharing is another big possibility anyways. In my opinion the best sollution is going to be chargers in parking stations everywhere. But that needs a lot of investment.

[@michaelyhchai]

I think being able to swap out batteries this fast would be handy in the long term after pumping tonnes of charging cycles through your batteries.

[@karljones4321]

I disagree massively! Once they start phasing out gas pumps, they can replace gas stations with these. All these mechanisms will be underground, and you just drive over the plate.

[@peterlai2858]

@@michaelyhchai yes...you've made a good point... that you don't have to worry about a batt degrading over time.But what if what Elon Musk said comes true , that he'll have a batt that lasts 1 million charges?

[@Rickytann82]

Thank you bro for providing us with these Videos... your a legend for this

[@brickinvesting]

That is amazing. Thanks for sharing. Genius of NIO to do something like this.

[@eliasrodriguez6804]

Huge fan Keep the cool videos coming Eric! 🎬⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@Eric_Garrison]

Thanks buddy. Appreciate it!

[@peterlai2858]

There will be a lot of wasted miles driving to and from a swap station unless there are plenty if 'em all over. The company will have to spend a lot to set up and keep these swap stations going. .

[@EE-ie9gm]

Byd

[@desmondchee9976]

Cool ...great to get a sense of the practicality of swapping batteries. I think it is good to have alternatives of swapping and charging.

[@J.C.F.83]

This is a great idea, plus having stations means creating jobs also, I'm super impressed with Nio

[@Thethirdshed]

haha nio squad has become a thing in the nio community already, welcome to be part of it

[@Eric_Garrison]

What nio you got? 😬

[@justinauyeung1290]

I swear making hats for Nomi could be a business model for Nio by itself lol

[@mz2433]

Last time I find Nomi a childish look but not anymore.. haha

[@linkcd]

@@marioferreira7605 loving how u claimed “not support CPP” but did not even manage to spell it correctly, neither of the car brand 🤡 brainwashed useful tool, I don’t think u can afford it

[@deficator750]

man the nio cars look absolutely stunning inside and outside i would buy one over tesla

[@kbhasi]

I had the same thought! I imagine they're still working on expanding outside of mainland China.

[@justinlzy]

National Highway G2 (Beijing to Shanghai) and G4 (Beijing to Guangzhou then Shenzhen) has the most complete sets of swap stations right now, and their latest generation of swap stations recently went operational with 13 batteries charging bays

[@BreakingUFC]

Great to see. Thanks for the video. I'm sure this will make all the NIO investors like me very happy 🚀

[@officefreedom1403]

The question is when???

[@The_Truth-]

As an investor yes!

[@Mrking-hf9bx]

I like the video! I love the on the ground information. Do you see a lot of Nio's around outside of the charging station? Are you noticing an increase from last year?

[@richardgomez2637]

I agree with you about more battery swapping. I heard they going to put at least 500 more. Great 👍 video

[@jomarsison2211]

This is awesome, more videos like this mate👍😊👍

[@rededwards3479]

Excellent Videos. Would be nice to see whats around these NIO Locations...Buildings, SHops, etc. Excellent stuff.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Sure. Next time I swap I'll do that!

[@imranyaqub1790]

Very interesting I’ve been discussing this method with my work colleagues for many years, swapping out the battery pack and you’re good to go with a full pack in minutes. I don’t see it catching on as all the major manufacturers have so much R&D $$$$ invested into their battery technology, they’ll want to protect that, along with their IP.

[@kev13nyc]

keep pumping out those videos!!!!

[@matelslug1]

wow these e heads are getting there hanh!!! 20 mins for fresh balanced pack, with 500 plus kms, not bad, i m pleasantly surprised. keep it up nio. amazing.

[@weik13]

Overall would you recommended buying a Nio? What’s score would you give it out of 10?

[@stocks2654]

That interior looks awesome

[@chengy7545]

Nice work and video, Eric. You literally bring Easy with you all the time, I understand, lol. There is a swap station just 7 kms alway from my place, but I never tried this. I may try it out next week and I have 4 swaps each month after all.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Easy is my girl! Plus she hates to be alone at home. Go swap ba!

[@chengy7545]

@@Eric_Garrison My dog Lychee is also a girl and I bring her with me pretty much everywhere I travelled. The only thing is that she actually finds car-riding quite unpleasant.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Easy doesn’t love driving either. In taxis that drive like maniacs with swerving and constant acceleration and deceleration she will always throw up... when I drive she never gets sick. At least not yet. Not just the nio, other cars too.

[@chengy7545]

@@Eric_Garrison Lol, my dog did not throw up but I can tell she was suffering during the ride. By the way, Eric, I am planning a road trip to Tibet, ARE YOU INTERESTED?

[@junjieshou3034]

I did my first battery swap on last week . It’s takes me like 6 mins . Very efficient. I love the new way so much . Pretty cool

[@hedgehog_fox]

6:27 love the little hat on the roboat.

[@patelkrunal311]

So what takes the longest? Are they doing something special to the battery like preconditioning before they put it in your car?

[@kingsway9849]

They look dope💥

[@tsuisiu7162]

Thank you for showing this, are you in Shenzhen?

[@andysefayan9287]

Will it be easier if they just drive through instead of backing up

[@daveou8563]

I like how you filmed how these swapping stations actually operate with pros and cons. Seems these swap stations are very limited with long wait times. I wonder how NIO will optimize wait times as more people start to buy NIO cars. Waiting more than 15 minutes is too long for a battery swap.

[@wongjan80]

Hey mate！I am the EC6 owner, and I saw you in nio day! KZbin bring me here! very nice content about NIO!

[@Eric_Garrison]

Yo haha I’ve seen you on xiaohongshu or bilibili maybe. You are in Guangzhou yea? When I head back to shenzhen maybe we can meet up

[@wongjan80]

@@Eric_Garrison yep，living in Guangzhou. U can search my account: MaxTV麦克斯 on NIO app. We can have a chat there.😝😝😝

[@cosminmihai6553]

Love your car. greetings from Germany

[@961212]

you can try it in Norway as NIO will launch in September this year

[@h9rae]

How much does this cost to change as against recharging ??

[@bietmirnix]

Ioniq 5 charges 10-80% In 18 Minutes. I guess, that is the future

[@Eric_Garrison]

That is pretty awesome time. I suppose still the advantage, or at least difference, for battery swap, is no need to purchase the battery and therefore reducing the cost of the car. Both ways offer a fast recharge, which is great for consumers.

[@yupan9089]

@Tom C you rent, aka BaaS (Battery-as-a-Service)

[@yupan9089]

@Tom C maybe they won't, maybe you're right and they should have listened to people on KZbin. By the way it's NIO not NEO.

[@quiet-cheese]

@Tom C no one else is betting on reusable rocket before spaceX. Sure there’s a reason for that. but it just might not be a valid reason. Also, economy of scale will probably does the magic later on

[@mikeslemonade]

Brilliant idea really. Swapping battery faster than filling gas,

[@hongshi8251]

Well, had you bought a Tesla, do you think either company has an advantage with respects to where and how fast each company's charging station compares?

[@timehathtcg]

yea more battery swapping stations, or at least a way for us to just drive in, maybe at most a 10 minute wait would be ideal, for now the option to go from 0 to 100 is still pretty nice.

[@blabloe1497]

I don't think this swapping system will workout in the long run. You'd get the same problem as there was in this video, too many batteries for the station to swap and store/charge. Batteries are getting better and better, can be charged faster and faster and have a longer battery life. The amount of places to charge your car will increase faster as well, it's easier to place a couple of chargers at a parking spot than it is to place a swapping station. Another disadvantage of a swapping station is that it is limited to one brand. Imagine having Shell or BP gas station for mercedes only. You would need a lot of gas stations on the highway to provide all brands of brand exclusive gas. I saw one person in the comments saying to replace the gass stations with swapping stations just ain't going to work. If all brands are doing the swap thing, you'd have so many swapping stations all over the place, it's not going to work. Charging is the way to go, it's pretty easy to place one, compared to a swapping station or gas station.

[@youngien]

Actually, with better battery, normal charging station would still see risk from obsolete. However, with City user case, where not all car owners has garage, battery swap is a soultion for today and the near future.

[@gladiator37]

the swap is made always with help with nio staff?

[@EdEdXu]

LIT BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@chazIII7III]

I bought their stock. I hope it starts doing better soon.

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

Interesting battery changing way~

[@Gustavo_Rojas]

These companies are continually innovating...it will be so interesting in 10, 20 years to see how "slow" all this process was! =)

[@Phil-G1075]

Thanks for sharing this... I’m invested in company

[@1josephgallant]

Great company to invest in

[@brokemalone7011]

@@1josephgallant great investment cause of the ccp backing.

[@UncleGreatness]

Hopefully V2.0 has forward drive thru capability. Having to backin looks very dumb and inefficient.

[@xpengfangirl7942]

so, the unit .1.0 washes down the car and they clean the interior while it is admiited to the "hospital" heart swap?

[@rdeh1678]

Luv those nio but I understand is the geely swapping stations do it in 1 minute or is it 2 but love this idea

[@khh9015]

Lovely NIO!

[@oliverortiz8507]

Thank you for doing this video.

[@David_Day]

Thanks for sharing! How often do you use this service?

[@Eric_Garrison]

6x per month "free"

[@khangtruong4515]

Where I'm from, it's like pouring gas at costco. Always get long line, but takes about 20min.

[@alyciawang2892]

Thank you 👍👍👍

[@pradanawp9629]

Very smart!

[@jameslatief1]

Just an obvious thing to comment out (2:03), but wouldn't it speed up the process if NIO cars can enter like a drive-through car wash with both front and back ramp, rather than reversing back?

[@brianpetch9534]

That was my thought also.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Yes but I think the issue is probably that most places won't have space for that kind of set up, they cut down on the variables and complexity and cost by having one size fits all locations kind of set up.

[@senthu11]

Congrats 🎉🍾🎈.when you swap battery,got new or old battery?

[@ethandong1313]

I don’t think it’s new or old. It’s all recycled

[@Sijuste]

My understanding is they are going to have 500 by end of year, and with the two agreements they signed with the large German retailer and the Chinese Oil company/ gas stations it is going to be exponential as soon as they start.

[@larsradtke4097]

I think it is stupid. VW ID4 can charge with 125kw and is cheap.(20w) you can get 200km in 20minutes. The 800V cars are taking 270kw. With that you can use the cars normally.

[@nickdamon2721]

I hope they do multiple-lane drive-through models instead of having to back cars in one at a time to speed up the process.

[@artchiu584]

it takes more time to fuel up at costco gas station on the weekend too, especially knowing the price is going to go up the next day.

[@GyanPrakash]

Now that's futuristic ❤️😎

[@4literv6]

Yup looks just like tesla swapping out a model s battery wayyyyyy back in 2013 in under 5 minutes. 😁

[@GyanPrakash]

@@4literv6 seriously, didn't knew that man 😱

[@CarlenthekidRS]

I mean look, even if you gotta wait 1 hour it’s better way better than the supercharging station to charge a full battery. My fear is people getting spoiled and start complaining cause they had to wait 30 minutes. That’s nothing! Either way great video, looking forward to getting one myself!

[@andrefecteau]

do they have a lounge? What's going on inside?

[@JepsonSucks]

Like your car allot...

[@JohnSmith-yh4rt]

When is this coming to the USA?

[@kaydesign]

Here in the Netherlands we have ‘Fastnet’, you can charge a 300 km range in just 15 minutes. Beats waiting on battery?

[@Eric_Garrison]

Some countries are much further along than us Americans 😅 the other advantage of battery swap though is you don’t have to buy the battery of course, cheaper car supposedly

[@jasonkleung]

They definitely need to work out there infrastructure, I guess growing pains still.

[@michaeltse321]

How much did it cost?

[@MattTweakman]

This is awesome and an obvious option to pursue. We swap out batteries on our devices all the time because that's faster than recharging. I see this working out, especially if the process is made faster and operations reach economy of scale. It's great to see trials like these going on. Question though, do you know how they handle warranties? If you're swapping out the original battery, the most costly part of the car, for an unknown one, what happens if there are problems? I'm assuming these are all currently Nio owned operations, specific to certain models and trims, and that issues would be covered under the standard warranty for now. Eventually, with growth, that might not be the case. Potential legal hurdle to overcome. For this to be most successful, stations would need to carry batteries for many brands and models, which would incur a lot of overhead. Else, people will be limited to their specific brand swap stations, which is less idea. Obviously a major advantage to gas stations is that they are universal. This is an argument in favor of improved universal charging stations. Now, if batteries were ever standardized across brands, this would be a major win. I don't see that happening anytime soon, but who knows.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Battery is rented for most nio customers so we don't really need to worry about that, it's not ours anyway. You are right about it hardly being likely there will be a universal standard with regards to batteries... for now its just nio that can swap here.

[@koblongata]

Well, if 2x speed is what they are aiming for, that'd be awesome too.

[@pcfrias1977]

I think it's a matter of time where the stations only get better and faster as NIO continues to grow and more and more are on the road.

[@paintcandefend5873]

And I see myself taking a bad battery switch in for a better one🤣🤣🤣

[@javierlezama1094]

NIO, the best 💪🏼

[@Elgringo2180]

Coming from a shareholder idk if what I saw was a good or bad thing. The process looks inefficient but there was a long line of Nio’s waiting to be serviced. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@cryptopolice6202]

I wonder what happens in the future when you have a new/good battery (brand new car), receive an "old/ bad one" during a swap, but drive with it for weeks/months by charging it at home and want to switch it for another battery later on at one of these stations. Normally the owner of the car will be accountable (turning up for the costs of "broken parts" of their car). What if, at some point they refuse to take in a very old battery that you personally only had for a couple weeks/months and received from a station (perhaps from another one hundreds of miles away)?

[@rodfatherfishing9223]

The biggest problem with NIO is the infrastructure. What will come first Super fast charging or millions of battery swap stations worldwide? It's a race against the clock in the end I think only one will prevail. NIO is a cool car and I'm glad to see new EV brands on the road for sure.

[@citywalker44]

Not bad for the first time swap being it on 1.0 version

[@TransportSimulatorNationTSN]

What do they do with the old battery?

[@Eric_Garrison]

Charge it up and give it to next person

[@GPG4768]

Hi my friend. Question: ithe NIO station works 24/7??

[@Eric_Garrison]

Not all are 24/7 but seems that many are

[@Crom21]

i hope Nio comes to my country asap. but it seems that is not the case.

[@joost3732]

Is this supposed to be an alternative to fast charging? Seems like a complex way to charge, but cool to see how it works!

[@Eric_Garrison]

Yea just another option, can do fast, slow or swap.

[@bartluca]

Stupenda

[@edwardhochwand9063]

Cant wait for NIO cars with Huawei autonomous driving system! Does anyone know when NIO comes to Germany?

[@waloysius8054]

Not sure, but NIO starts to sell their automotive in Sep in Norway and allows customers to order online in July. They use Norway as an outpost to expand the selling network in Europe, so it will probably soon be promoted in Germany.

[@Neddie2k]

How often do you have to swap your battery or charge your car.

[@PrinceRagus]

Well, that depends on how much you drive 😏 range is 420km (more like 380) with the 70kWh and 600 (520) with the 100kWh battery.

[@arjea03]

to the MOON!

[@fei8085]

It is a nice Show if you just count the swapping time.

[@joekr9424]

I wonder if this is like the California of NIO, In Los Angeles there are lines for superchargers but everywhere else in the country there is no line. Please update us on battery swap stations across China.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Will do. Once I'm on the road :D

[@estrella6644]

I’m nio owner in Kunming, which is south western inner China，in my city there is almost no waiting time for swap except public holidays. And the Nio guy said they will open two more swap stations for the city this year.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Nice. Never saw a nio in Kunming, but I’ll probably see you on the road when I hit kunming on my road trip. Kunming is the best! Go to salvadores if you haven’t yet lol

[@estrella6644]

@@Eric_Garrison Lol，I like their tacos. BTW I also live in Dali, message me if you come:) Charge point provided!

[@Eric_Garrison]

@@estrella6644 sure thing! Trip around erhai sounds perfect. And a charge point too lol. Feel free add my wechat (15502132233) or on nio app （穿越中国Eric）

[@_hello_sunshine]

And this is why my investing portfolio is mostly in NIO stock now.

[@CLUHVEL]

Gonna pay off in the future

[@steelberg23]

Why?

[@CLUHVEL]

@@steelberg23 NIO is catching traction and is beginning to expand to other countries stock prices will increase.

[@NatureNPlayzNathanTran]

Once NIO roll out the gen2 battery swaps, it should be better.

[@timelessventure2090]

do you always rotate your head thousand times before making a turn?

[@Eric_Garrison]

Yes if visibility is poor and it’s china so there are cyclists and cars and people in every direction. Appreciate the question, very good.

[@n2wb100]

Thank you for the VID, 73 N2WB GO NIO

[@Pixmosphere]

They could improve on their app to show you a live stock of their available batteries. What happens if they can't swap? Cool system though 😁👍🏻 we deliver a lot of screws to them, their Business is bustling.

[@TeslaDo_d]

Thank you for this video. This affirms my belief that NIO will go bankrupt if they continue with the battery swap services. Please understand that I am not saying that battery swapping is a bad thing for the consumers. What I am saying is that battery swapping is not long term financially competitive nor sustainable for the company itself. These giant automated stations have a high initial cost and will require more and more maintenance as time goes on. Cars will drop all kinds of road crud into the mechanics of the swap mechanisms and each station will need to be constantly manned by an attendant in case things go wrong. Over time, this service will be deemed to be financially uncompetitive with the DC fast charge options. I can only see this benefiting the ultra rich and fleet (taxi) services in the future, because when the true long term cost of the swap station is finally determined, only they will be able to justify the price.

[@rlthomas3]

I couldn't agree more! Thought maybe I was the only one who thought this service is destined for failure. The sole reason I'm not invested in NIO.

[@PhilthyMr]

Do you know that version 2.0 can do up to 300 swaps per day ? Do you realize what kind of revenue that can bring ? It’s much cheaper than buying premium real estate inside big cities and having many cars sit a long time while their batteries charge. This model will work inside China and large urban areas.

[@ethandong1313]

Yes in USA but not in China. Chinese government funded all charging station construction. NIO just need to operate it

[@youngien]

Almost all the Tesla Charging station that I have used (Super Charger) there were at least 1 out of service charging port per station here in the US. I am mostly using them between LA and Vegas so their usage is high, the business model of selling electricity is still sounded. For Nio, the swap stations is a sounded business plan because the lease out their battery at a monthly subscription. It only make sense when you think about Big Cities where not everyone has their own parking for charging.

[@TeslaDo_d]

@@youngien The business of swapping out batteries is not sound. It is much more expensive for the company, than what they are telling you. NIO will go bankrupt with this idea. It looks really good to the consumers. It is affordable, and fast. But NIO and anyone else who follows this scheme will eventually go bankrupt because they are covering up the true expense of maintaining the swap station, the attendant, and the batteries by subsidizing the cost to the consumers. If all the people in a city, who don't have a place to park for charging were to use swap stations then how many swap stations and spare batteries do you think NIO will need?.....and every one of these stations is loosing money with no hope of recovering the cost. China is subsidizing the stations and they will eventually stop subsidizing them. It will be interesting to see how many of the European swap stations are able to survive without the subsidies. My experience tells me that number will be 0.

[@desharvey1200]

Great practical demonstration. I love NIO because of battery swap, as this gives NIOs the most important value retention advantage over other makes. However you have shown the weak link in the current process which will be compounded when they introduce more battery capacity options. Even with the introduction of swap station 2, having 13 available batteries, this will still be a problem. NIO must address this ASAP. Two factors that in my view would help, is one to redesign the changing process to avoid turning the battery through 90 degrees when swapping and two, make the stations drive through. However I think the game changer will be when new generation batteries become available that can fully charge in minutes.

[@UnyieldQuest]

Why don't have a number plate on your car?

[@elee325]

I thought each battery switching stations have a waiting area where you can get a drink and lounge around.

[@Eric_Garrison]

Some have nio space or house nearby you could go to. Not all