Tired of waiting for your EV to charge up? One Chinese company has a novel solution

An electric vehicle is seen at NIO battery swap station on March 9, 2025 in Yantai, Shandong Province of China.

Chinese car company NIO is putting up EV battery swapping stations all around the world. NPR took a ride in one car for the experience.

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