NIO: the choreography beneath a battery swap
A swapping station is more than a robotic lift. Its layout determines how packs move between the vehicle and charging storage.
Canvas of Knowledge · 14 November 2026 · Illustrated explainerThe arrangement
The published design places the swapping platform and battery racks above ground. A battery-swapping device operates in a passage beneath ground level.
The constraint
That passage extends towards the battery compartment but is shorter than the station’s total length in that direction. The document explores reducing the underground construction required.
The evidence
WO2024041222A1 was published on 29 February 2024 for NIO Technology (Anhui) Co., Ltd. It is a PCT application publication, not a worldwide grant or proof of a particular station generation.
THE IDEA TO KEEPInfrastructure innovation includes the space, sequence and civil works around the machine.
Battery charging and swapping station
- Publication
- WO2024041222A1
- Document
- International PCT application publication
- Applicant at filing
- NIO Technology (Anhui) Co., Ltd.
- Earliest priority
- 2022-08-24
- Filing
- 2023-06-30
- Publication
- 2024-02-29
This record does not establish implementation in a production vehicle. Document type is not a statement of current enforceability.
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