Tom Fichtner<p>I always thought that Taiwan was the only country where you could simply hot-swap batteries from battery-powered vehicles (keyword: Gogoro). Today I learned that the Chinese car manufacturer NIO is already rolling out their battery swap stations for cars in Europe, including one near Leipzig.</p><p>Live map of all stations:<br><a href="https://chargermap.eu.nio.com/pe/h5/static/chargermap?channel=official" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chargermap.eu.nio.com/pe/h5/st</span><span class="invisible">atic/chargermap?channel=official</span></a></p><p>Can we now make this a vendor-independent industry norm?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gogoro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gogoro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/transformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/electricvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/batteryswap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>batteryswap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/vw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bmw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bmw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/audi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audi</span></a></p>