Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio has closed its only battery swap station in Denmark, located in Slagelse, marking the first shutdown of a Nio swap facility in Europe since the brand entered the continent in 2021. The closure comes as Nio prepares to relaunch in Denmark with a new business model and without its battery rental service in the country.
The move follows modest sales in Denmark, where Nio registered 41 vehicles in 2023, five in 2024 and nine so far in 2025, according to EU-EVs. Earlier this year, the company abandoned its direct-sales strategy and appointed Denmark’s Nic. Christiansen Group as local distributor. In a LinkedIn post, newly appointed Country Manager Casper Mysling described the distributor deal for Nio and sister brand Firefly as a relaunch with a “much more attractive price point,” with vehicles first to be showcased in Copenhagen and additional showrooms planned in Aarhus and possibly Odense in 2026.
Nio entered Denmark in October 2022 alongside Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands, promising several battery swap stations and a battery leasing option for customers. Five months later it opened the Slagelse station, its first and ultimately only Danish swap facility, which became the 12th Nio station in Europe at the time. The second-generation site could store up to 21 batteries, with each swap taking only a few minutes, but had been marked as under maintenance for several months before disappearing from the company’s European Power Map.
The closure comes amid a broader slowdown in Nio’s charging and battery swap rollout in both Europe and China since early 2025, following cost-cutting measures at the company. Nio now lists 60 operational battery swap stations across its European markets, down from 61 when the Slagelse site was still part of the network.
