NIO’s battery swap stations have actually belonged to a virtual power plant pilot program in Denmark. The charging devices for electrical car batteries, integrated with energy storage systems, just recently began releasing from batteries and providing grid services throughout peak need hours. Shen Fei, a senior vice president at NIO, exposed this info on Sunday on the Chinese Twitter-like platform Weibo. Such relocations might guarantee a steady power grid by stabilizing load peaks, and each swap center might produce incomes determined in “lots of countless euros,” Shen included, possibly unloading these capital-intensive possessions. The Chinese EV maker runs 39 swap stations in 5 European nations, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Germany since Feb. 22. It prepares to broaden its network of switching centers in China by including a minimum of 1,000 this year, up from 2,316 since Dec. 31.[TechNodereporting[TechNodereportingShen Fei Weibo post, in Chinese]