Nio is racing to the top of the autonomous EV charging log with the latest PSP update for its lineup. With the update, Nio electric cars can drive themselves to automatic battery swap station queues. A new video showed one of Nio’s EVs driving itself to a battery swap station at night, waiting in the queue, and then entering the bay for a battery swap. The car then drives off after completing the battery swap.
Nio has continued to blaze the trail in the EV industry with several innovations. One of its latest innovations is automatic battery swap stations which completely swap a battery within 3 minutes. Nio remains one of the most dynamic and innovative EV charging companies and the new autonomous swapping demonstrates its bent. Recall that the company earlier this year unveiled its first smartphone.
Currently, Nio has more than 2,000 battery swap stations with some of such stations as part of its collaboration with energy giant Shell. More than 45% of Nio’s battery swap stations offer the 3.0 generation architecture. These innovative swap stations allow for a quick autonomous swap of batteries.
The new feature displayed in the released video is the Power Swap on Pilot (PSP) feature which was part of the latest software update on Nio EVs. The PSP update allows a car with a depleting battery to access a suitable swap station after exiting the high-speed highway. It then goes and changes the battery on its own and exits the swap station to continue its journey.
The new autonomous driving software takes into consideration the final destination and the swap station load. No cars on the NT 2.0 platform can enjoy this feature to provide optimal and seamless battery swaps while on the go. Several EV makers are developing driver assist software that increasingly makes the driver passive on the wheels. The Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta software is rapidly undergoing improvements. Nio expects to be part of the autonomous revolution with its new battery swap autonomous functionality.
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