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I don't think any Nio is actually for sale here in The Netherlands. I see that they're about to make the ET5 and the ET5 available for leasing here, though the
by bartvk 4y ago
I don't think any Nio is actually for sale here in The Netherlands. I see that they're about to make the ET5 and the ET5 available for leasing here, though the cheapest price is a monthly €1089. In my opinion, that would put it solidly in the luxury cars; a very nice family EV costs €500 per month (for example, Renault Zoe with a 50 kWh battery).
So it's going to be pretty rare here. I don't think that a swappable battery station will be realized in the lifetime of this car.
When the first affordable (to me, meaning ~ €30k) EVs were introduced here in The Netherlands, I had really high hopes that Chinese brands would introduce offerings with lower prices. That didn't happen.
- clouddrover 4y ago> I don't think that a swappable battery station will be realized in the lifetime of this car. Nio has deployed many swap stations in China and has started to deploy some in Europe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmWL1hZQmD0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmWL1hZQmD0 They charge the packs to 90% so swapping in a pack charged to 90 kWh in 6 minutes is the equivalent of charging the car at 900 kW. Swapping in a 150 kWh pack charged to 135 kWh is equivalent to a flat charge curve of 1.35 megawatts.
- bartvk 4y agoThanks for the pointer, I'm going to watch that. Very curious. It'd be amazing if they make it work.