Possibly Equipped with LiDAR: Suspected Exclusive Battery Swap Station for Firefly Uncovered

Today, netizen @ArthurShen_Origin shared a photo of what appears to be a dedicated battery-swap station for the Firefly. This marks the first time the Firefly has been spotted at a battery-swap station.

Suspected exclusive battery swap station for Firefly

From the image, it can be seen that this is a suspected battery-swap station equipped with LiDAR. There are also two NIO Service employees on site conducting a battery-swap test for a Firefly vehicle.

It should be noted that the test vehicle used this time is the first-generation prototype of the Firefly, which has headlights that differ from those of the officially launched model.

The first-generation test vehicle of Firefly

With less than two weeks remaining until the official launch of the first vehicle under NIO's sub-brand "Firefly," apart from the official pricing, the most pressing concern among the public is the Firefly's battery-swap layout and strategy.

On March 18th of this year, NIO officially announced a strategic partnership with CATL for battery-swap services. This dual-network battery-swap model further expands NIO's energy replenishment coverage.

NIO has reached a strategic cooperation with CATL

Daniel, President of Firefly, revealed that during the initial launch phase of the first Firefly model, demonstration operation stations will be established in cities with a higher concentration of users. Subsequently, the Firefly will integrate into NIO's battery-swap system by connecting to NIO's fifth-generation battery-swap stations. New models currently under preliminary research will be introduced to adopt CATL's Chocolate battery-swap standard and network at the appropriate time.

With its own battery-swap network combined with CATL's ecosystem resources, Firefly's product competitiveness is further enhanced, and this also injects new momentum into the popularization of the battery-swap model in the small vehicle market.