On November 21, Changan Automobile and NIO signed a cooperation agreement on battery swap business in Chongqing. The two parties will cooperate in promoting the establishment of battery swap standards, construction and sharing of battery swap networks, research and development of battery swap models, and establishing an efficient battery asset management mechanism.
Zhu Huarong, chairman and party secretary of Changan Automobile, held a discussion with Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of NIO and witnessed the signing. Changan Automobile President Wang Jun, Changan Automobile Vice President Wang Hui, Deep Blue Automobile General Manager Deng Chenghao, NIO Co-Founder and President Qin Lihong, NIO Senior Vice President Shen Fei and others attended the event.
Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of NIO, said: "From the first day of the charging and swapping business, NIO decided to open it to the entire industry. Like the Internet cloud service infrastructure, NIO's power swap network and NIO Energy Cloud have also followed a path of infrastructure first, internal closed loop, full-scenario verification, and openness to the outside world. After five years of development, NIO's power swap network and NIO Energy Cloud have We have accumulated rich experience in R&D, construction, and operation, and NIO’s battery swap business is ready to be opened to the industry. As a leader in the Chinese automobile market, Changan Automobile’s determination and actions to transform into electrification are admirable. Through this cooperation, NIO and Changan Automobile will jointly promote the high-quality development of the new energy vehicle industry and promote the low-carbon transformation of the automobile industry.”
Zhu Huarong, Chairman and Party Secretary of Changan Automobile, said: "In the context of the country's vigorous development of new energy and intelligent connected vehicles, the implementation of NIO's power swap model is a milestone. This power swap business cooperation between Changan Automobile and NIO will promote further high-quality development of the new energy vehicle industry, which is of great significance. In the future, In the future, Changan Automobile will not only cooperate with NIO in the field of battery swapping, but also continue to strengthen cooperation with NIO in other platform and basic ecological fields, including energy, charging and swapping, complete vehicles, and ecology, to jointly promote the construction of a high-quality industrial development pattern and form a virtuous ecosystem of co-creation, sharing, and mutual benefit.”