NIO's Qin Lihong: By the end of July, the battery swap route along National Highway 318 in the Sichuan-Tibet line will be fully connected

NIO co-founder and president Qin Lihong introduced at the 2025 China Automobile Chongqing Forum that NIO will use a layout of 14 battery swap stations to connect the route from Chengdu to Lhasa, further extending to Dingri County, the location of Mount Everest Base Camp. This will allow users to travel entirely in electric vehicles without adding a drop of fuel or charging a single kilowatt-hour, relying solely on battery swaps. "From an altitude of less than 500 meters to a maximum altitude of over 5,600 meters," Qin Lihong said, hoping that many friends can join us to experience the must-drive Sichuan-Tibet route with battery swaps starting from the end of July