NIO Inc. (NIO) gained 3.5% in pre-market trading on Thursday, August 21st, U.S. Eastern Time. NIO founder Li Bin stated Thursday evening that the construction of the 318 charging and battery swapping route represents a microcosm of NIO's resolute and continuous investment in the charging and battery swapping sector over the past decade.

Li Bin noted that over the past ten years, NIO has cumulatively invested more than 18 billion yuan in the charging and battery swapping field. As of now, the company has built over 8,100 NIO charging and battery swapping stations nationwide, including 4,715 charging stations and 3,458 battery swapping stations.