Such a swap station can provide "power swap" services for more than 400 vehicles every day. It can be seen on the mobile phone of a taxi driver who has just completed the "replacement" that the total cost of this "replacement" is 53.2 yuan, and the cruising range is about 250 kilometers, which can be used for almost a whole day. The driver said that the “replacement” mode is slightly more expensive than household charging stations, but much lower than that of fuel vehicles.
Compared with the charging mode, the biggest advantage of the battery swap mode is that it is more efficient and faster. Judging from the current development situation, the development of the power exchange model is facing problems such as high construction costs, inconsistent standards, and difficulty in profitability. Now most of them are tried at the taxi and online car-hailing levels. For charging operators, investment is the main focus in the early stage. Later, as the operating models of some pile enterprises become more mature and stable, their profit models will gradually mature. The rapid development of my country's new energy automobile industry is inseparable from the strong support of the charging and swapping infrastructure. At present, my country's charging and swapping network has a good foundation, but some questionnaire surveys show that the convenience of charging and swapping is still an important factor that restricts users from purchasing and affecting the experience of new energy vehicles.