On March 1st, news broke that NIO, perhaps unexpectedly, found its vehicles serving as a lifesaver in maintaining the electricity supply for its entire company amidst a dispute.
Today, the blogger "Old Mai's Tech Adventures" posted on Weibo, saying that for the past three months, they've been renting the NIO 100 kWh mega battery, not because they need it for long trips, but to power their office because the industrial park where their company is located has been experiencing power outages for three months.
They mentioned: A friend provided a Powerwall energy storage system, so now, in addition to daily electricity consumption, they also need to charge the battery for backup. They consume over 25 kWh every day. When I'm away on business, the car stays parked, and it can last about four days without issues.
With the energy storage system in place, they're not worried about leaving the car for a few hours. They can go to a nearby battery swap station and swap it out, which takes less than half an hour round trip, and then they can continue working with a full charge.
When they bought the NIO ES6, they didn't think about all of this, but now it seems quite profitable. The battery is flexible to upgrade, the battery swapping is fast, and the V2L discharge is stable. It's like it was tailor-made for their office needs. With this self-supply system in place, although they pay a bit more in electricity fees to NIO, they save tens of thousands of CNY in rent every month, and they can gradually find a new place without losing money.
They also tagged NIO executive Shen Fei to inquire about the launch of the 150 kWh battery for rental, saying that with such a large battery, they can use it for a week on a single swap.
So, why did this problem occur? Back in January, the blogger explained that their company moved here in June last year and signed a contract. However, they didn't realize they were dealing with a sub-landlord. Soon after, tensions escalated between the main landlord and the sub-landlord. In order to drive out the sub-landlord, the main landlord started cutting off power to the tenants in the park.
But if they move out, they will lose a lot of rent. So, they made full use of the discharge function of three electric cars from Tesla, NIO, and Li Auto, becoming the only office in the park with electricity, and they have persisted until now.
