Senior Vice President of NIO and CEO of Lixiang Automotive Shen Fei Explores "The Essence of Swapping" on Social Media, Sparking a Wide-Ranging Discussion

Phoenix Technology News August 15, Senior Vice President of NIO and CEO of Lixiang Automotive Shen Fei posted an article on social media, sparking a wide-ranging discussion with netizens about "The Essence of Swapping", drawing widespread attention.

During this discussion, netizens presented different understandings of the essence of swapping from various angles: some believed that the essence of swapping is about "space-time conversion", achieving the transformation of energy and motion; others hoped that swapping could offset the lag caused by upgrades in battery technology; still others considered high efficiency, flexibility, and certainty to be the advantages and essence of current swapping.

There were also some netizens jokingly suggesting that the essence of swapping is to "swap well" because of the lower costs at night.

In fact, NIO has never stopped exploring the value of swapping. In the 22nd episode of "ET9 Salon", NIO's founder, chairman, and CEO Li Bin and Professor Yang Xiong from London Business School had a conversation about NIO's core advantages in swapping. Li Bin mentioned that he believes the main value of swapping lies in three aspects: one is operating swapping, two is exchanging values, and three is prolonging battery life.

According to official data, as of July 19, 2025, at 08:06:32, NIO's swapping times have exceeded 80 million, with a cumulative layout of 3,405 swapping stations.

Recently, NIO also opened the G318 Sichuan-Tibet Swapping Route, allowing drivers to swap their batteries all the way from the starting point to the summit of Mount Everest, further expanding the coverage range of swapping scenarios.