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They currently have XXXXX followers and 1376 posts still getting attention that total XXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXX [#](/creator/twitter::1352620065699426304/interactions)  - X Week XXXXX +122% - X Month XXXXXX +8.20% - X Months XXXXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::1352620065699426304/posts_active)  - X Week XX +57% - X Month XX +21% - X Months XXX -XXXX% - X Year XXX -XXXX% ### Followers: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1352620065699426304/followers)  - X Week XXXXX +0.31% - X Month XXXXX +0.68% - X Months XXXXX +7.40% - X Year XXXXX +14% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1352620065699426304/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::1352620065699426304/influence) --- **Social category influence** [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) [countries](/list/countries) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [finance](/list/finance) [musicians](/list/musicians) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) **Social topic influence** [nio](/topic/nio) #232, [all the](/topic/all-the), [china](/topic/china), [mega](/topic/mega), [ev](/topic/ev), [polestar](/topic/polestar), [launches](/topic/launches), [500k](/topic/500k), [fires](/topic/fires), [huawei](/topic/huawei) **Top assets mentioned** [Gores Guggenheim, Inc. Class A Common Stock (PSNY)](/topic/$psny) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1352620065699426304/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "@nio_usa88442 But originally AION launched I think the AION V saying a future swappable model would be coming on the NIO swap network. But earlier this year they announced XX swappable models for the CATL Choc swap including the AION V" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981382356465569942) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-23T15:29Z 4588 followers, XX engagements "idk. Thing is in China "strategic partnerships" or "Strategic agreements" or any of this type of thing are really not that strong in terms of commitment. And we can see from AION changing from signing that "agreement" with NIO in 2024 to then going to another "agreement" with CATL. But we should be seeing the first 3rd party NIO swappable cars coming to market soon" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981383808495866365) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-23T15:34Z 4588 followers, XXX engagements "So the actual cells inside Li Auto's 5C Qilin pack are not high density performance battery cells. They are actually quiet conservative. For the Mega using LFP just wouldn't return the range you'd need in such a large car. While LFP energy density has jumped up NCM still beats it out. The specific Qilin pack Li Auto uses is the pack they co-developed with CATL. It was the first 5C pack in a production vehicle. As always things move on so fast in China. Expecting a OEM to change battery chemistry so quickly after development isn't realistic And we still don't know what caused the battery fire." [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981754389242225105) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-24T16:07Z 4586 followers, XX engagements "ICE vs Hybrid vs EV I think i've said to you before there are two resistant points generally for Chinese brand EVs. 300K and 500K BBA pricing is higher and it is more appealing because of thebadge prestige to many outside of the big mega cities that have ICE plate restrictions. Li L9 is a hybrid. Easier step from ICE for many but they get the beenfit of NEV tech and features" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981794760072519790) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-24T18:47Z 4586 followers, XX engagements "I didn't say it was bad. Just asked if we had confirmation about if all the batteries were affect or not. Because I couldn't remember if it had a battery containment section in that swap stations Battery fires incidents specifically for NIO have been good for the past few year yes. The last time they had a widespread problem was 2018/2019 they recalled ES8s due to a defect in the packs. But since then only been a couple. Back in 2019/2020 we were seeing more battery fires generally. Nowadays they seem to be far less common. The debate now revolves around electronic handles pop out handles and" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981951627797131489) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-25T05:11Z 4586 followers, XX engagements "@ChinaEV_Eng_Lif Huawei stores are quite busy. And I know you recently added an AITO to your shortlist of next cars hahha But the i6 launch went well. So its not over for Li Auto" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1976629003659452553) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-10T12:40Z 4588 followers, XX engagements "@5littlebass @NIOGlobal To my point you can go look at the Aion Y and then the premium rebadge version Hycan Z03. The same car but Hycan added some bits and pieces as standard and upgrade a few different things and charged more money for it" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1977056808767504529) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-11T17:00Z 4586 followers, XXX engagements "Bye bye Polestar. Sad to see you go but we got Zeekr Lynk&co and Galaxy" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1977697139128926466) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-13T11:25Z 4589 followers, 1483 engagements "It gunna be ugly but can it turn around BYD's fortunes in Japan" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981002590671561175) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-22T14:19Z 4587 followers, 1668 engagements "In China we joke about model launches where they always has to be a "world's first" however narrow that "win" is. Here The first "high-speed" trains to go "through the Channel Tunnel" tell me who else except Eurostar is sending passenger trains through the Channel tunnel lol So basically saying.the first ones cos WE never did it before" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981006014678991027) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-22T14:33Z 4588 followers, XXX engagements "Looking at that stalk makes feel like I need a degree in engineering to make sense of it. Doesn't LOOK very user friendly" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981233739750572323) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-23T05:38Z 4587 followers, 1888 engagements "No. You are mixing up two different things. What you are referencing in 2022 was AION talking about opening their OWN swapping network using CATL batteries. Similar to NIO's setup. It wasn't about the Choco swap network. But ultimately they didn't really go ahead with it. 2024 AION signed a "strategic agreement" or "strategic partnership" with NIO around the time all the NIO accounts were posting about this OEM and that OEM signing onto NIO Power & NIO swap standard. But as I said at the time those "agreements" aren't very strong. Here is an example of that. After that signing AION launched" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981614865518088639) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-24T06:52Z 4587 followers, XXX engagements "Originally the AION V when launched showed a NIO swap station. Just after they had signed the agreement together. This year AION announced that the AION V would be compatible with Choco Swap instead. I put a picture of the AION V launch. And an article from the time. I'd say AION are going with CATL Choco swap standard. And MAYBE if in the future they want a larger platform car they might go with NIO. But who knows what happens with Choco swap. Right now they claim the larger batteries only fit in wheelbases up to 2.9m long. But a next gen Choco swap could change that. Point is and still is" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981627511462318152) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-24T07:43Z 4587 followers, XX engagements "Its not NP3.0 but when Li Auto put this battery in it was developed with CATL and was cutting edge at the time. Will be interesting to see what the caused the fire. Remember most of these batteries have been advertised for a while not to have thermal runaway for 30mins or longer" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981726859483357225) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-24T14:17Z 4586 followers, XX engagements "The reason it can is the interesting part. They took a system from Bosch which allows the front wheels to angle more to reduce the turning radius. But originally the system from bosch required the vehicle to stop switch on the function and make the turn. ONVO/NIO did some software magic so now it just works all the time no need to stop and switch it on and off" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981741735480045624) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-24T15:17Z 4586 followers, XXX engagements "here's the full agreement: Talks more about a unified standard and swapping between systems. Jointly developing swap stations. But obviously if AION has no plans for any swappable cars on NIO platform.then they aren't going to be building NIO swap stations. Maybe when Gen5 launches there might be news. But we'll see Chery's Exceed brand's NIO swappable EV soon. That will at least let us know how such a relationship between a 3rd party & NIO for swap co-operation is gunna work. Like is Chery committed to build a certain number of stations. Will they roll out stations depending on if there is" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981629365596422645) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-24T07:50Z 4588 followers, XX engagements "Market dictates price. If NIO thought they could sell it for the same price as the second gen they would XXX% do it. I said to someone recently price drops form these OEMs is not out of the kindest of their hearts hahaha. Now NIO are able to drop the price becuase of the things you pointed out. But they XXX% would love to be able to keep the price high and reap the extra margin" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981784079050981724) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-24T18:05Z 4588 followers, XXX engagements "We know the old pricing for the NT2 ES8 didnt really work well. The market dictates. And it dictated the NT2 ES8 was probably too expensive. Hence why the new NT3 has been selling well. Cos its Baas Price is basically the price of the NT2 ET5 launch price They have been able to reduce costs and that has let them be able to price it more competitvely" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981790577831321607) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-24T18:31Z 4588 followers, XXX engagements "@Almighty_Heini @5littlebass @NIOGlobal I'm still not sure if I got a call from NIO telling me the battery had a big problem that I'd continue driving to a swap station. I'd probably just get out the car lol. What a nerve racking drive" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981952189502566656) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-25T05:13Z 4588 followers, XX engagements "AION seems to have indeed shifted from NIO swap network to CATL's Choc swap network Today they announced a new joint developed car with JD AION & CATL. CATL Choco swap getting a lot of attention these past few weeks with roll out plans announced. CATLs Choco Swap is extremely fast taking around 1.5mins to complete a swap. It uses 42/56kWh LFP and 52/70kWh NCM packs" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981366472090984458) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-23T14:25Z 4586 followers, 6956 engagements "Polestar X was never its flagshipPolestar X was. The reason it has the transmission tunnel hump is because it is sitting on the CMA architecture. Which was used by Volvo and Geely for Hybrids and EVs. Its a compromised platform for an EV. But the Polestar X is an epically fun car to drive. The accelerator pedal is precise and sublime" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981895949292290370) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-25T01:29Z 4586 followers, XXX engagements "@5littlebass @NIOGlobal So there was that battery fire where the user took the battery just in time to the swap station. It burned inside the swap station. Did we ever get any confirmation that the battery was secured away from the others. Or did all the batteries in the station end up burning" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1981928596643164215) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-25T03:39Z 4586 followers, XXX engagements ""We don't know anything about an ES9" was the message while the ES8 launch process was happening. hehe. Next year could be a busy year for NIO and new models. I wonder how fast they will roll out NT3 replacements for all the models. What comes after ES9.I think it makes sense to be ES6 but we just got the NT2.5" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1982130707259642045) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-25T17:02Z 4586 followers, XXX engagements "@5littlebass @WilliamLiNIO @NIOGlobal Oh yes. Its always a bit funny cos I will ask questions I know they can't answer. And everyone just politely pretends to accept the obvious lies" [X Link](https://x.com/ChinaDriven/status/1982135240392077537) [@ChinaDriven](/creator/x/ChinaDriven) 2025-10-25T17:20Z 4586 followers, XX engagements
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@ChinaDriven ChinaDriven
ChinaDriven posts on X about nio, all the, china, mega the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and 1376 posts still getting attention that total XXX engagements in the last XX hours.
Engagements: XXX #
- X Week XXXXX +122%
- X Month XXXXXX +8.20%
- X Months XXXXXXX -XX%
- X Year XXXXXXX -XX%
Mentions: XX #
- X Week XX +57%
- X Month XX +21%
- X Months XXX -XXXX%
- X Year XXX -XXXX%
Followers: XXXXX #
- X Week XXXXX +0.31%
- X Month XXXXX +0.68%
- X Months XXXXX +7.40%
- X Year XXXXX +14%
CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX #
Social Influence #
Social category influence automotive brands countries technology brands finance musicians travel destinations
Social topic influence nio #232, all the, china, mega, ev, polestar, launches, 500k, fires, huawei
Top assets mentioned Gores Guggenheim, Inc. Class A Common Stock (PSNY)
Top Social Posts #
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"@nio_usa88442 But originally AION launched I think the AION V saying a future swappable model would be coming on the NIO swap network. But earlier this year they announced XX swappable models for the CATL Choc swap including the AION V"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-23T15:29Z 4588 followers, XX engagements
"idk. Thing is in China "strategic partnerships" or "Strategic agreements" or any of this type of thing are really not that strong in terms of commitment. And we can see from AION changing from signing that "agreement" with NIO in 2024 to then going to another "agreement" with CATL. But we should be seeing the first 3rd party NIO swappable cars coming to market soon"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-23T15:34Z 4588 followers, XXX engagements
"So the actual cells inside Li Auto's 5C Qilin pack are not high density performance battery cells. They are actually quiet conservative. For the Mega using LFP just wouldn't return the range you'd need in such a large car. While LFP energy density has jumped up NCM still beats it out. The specific Qilin pack Li Auto uses is the pack they co-developed with CATL. It was the first 5C pack in a production vehicle. As always things move on so fast in China. Expecting a OEM to change battery chemistry so quickly after development isn't realistic And we still don't know what caused the battery fire."
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-24T16:07Z 4586 followers, XX engagements
"ICE vs Hybrid vs EV I think i've said to you before there are two resistant points generally for Chinese brand EVs. 300K and 500K BBA pricing is higher and it is more appealing because of thebadge prestige to many outside of the big mega cities that have ICE plate restrictions. Li L9 is a hybrid. Easier step from ICE for many but they get the beenfit of NEV tech and features"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-24T18:47Z 4586 followers, XX engagements
"I didn't say it was bad. Just asked if we had confirmation about if all the batteries were affect or not. Because I couldn't remember if it had a battery containment section in that swap stations Battery fires incidents specifically for NIO have been good for the past few year yes. The last time they had a widespread problem was 2018/2019 they recalled ES8s due to a defect in the packs. But since then only been a couple. Back in 2019/2020 we were seeing more battery fires generally. Nowadays they seem to be far less common. The debate now revolves around electronic handles pop out handles and"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-25T05:11Z 4586 followers, XX engagements
"@ChinaEV_Eng_Lif Huawei stores are quite busy. And I know you recently added an AITO to your shortlist of next cars hahha But the i6 launch went well. So its not over for Li Auto"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-10T12:40Z 4588 followers, XX engagements
"@5littlebass @NIOGlobal To my point you can go look at the Aion Y and then the premium rebadge version Hycan Z03. The same car but Hycan added some bits and pieces as standard and upgrade a few different things and charged more money for it"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-11T17:00Z 4586 followers, XXX engagements
"Bye bye Polestar. Sad to see you go but we got Zeekr Lynk&co and Galaxy"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-13T11:25Z 4589 followers, 1483 engagements
"It gunna be ugly but can it turn around BYD's fortunes in Japan"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-22T14:19Z 4587 followers, 1668 engagements
"In China we joke about model launches where they always has to be a "world's first" however narrow that "win" is. Here The first "high-speed" trains to go "through the Channel Tunnel" tell me who else except Eurostar is sending passenger trains through the Channel tunnel lol So basically saying.the first ones cos WE never did it before"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-22T14:33Z 4588 followers, XXX engagements
"Looking at that stalk makes feel like I need a degree in engineering to make sense of it. Doesn't LOOK very user friendly"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-23T05:38Z 4587 followers, 1888 engagements
"No. You are mixing up two different things. What you are referencing in 2022 was AION talking about opening their OWN swapping network using CATL batteries. Similar to NIO's setup. It wasn't about the Choco swap network. But ultimately they didn't really go ahead with it. 2024 AION signed a "strategic agreement" or "strategic partnership" with NIO around the time all the NIO accounts were posting about this OEM and that OEM signing onto NIO Power & NIO swap standard. But as I said at the time those "agreements" aren't very strong. Here is an example of that. After that signing AION launched"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-24T06:52Z 4587 followers, XXX engagements
"Originally the AION V when launched showed a NIO swap station. Just after they had signed the agreement together. This year AION announced that the AION V would be compatible with Choco Swap instead. I put a picture of the AION V launch. And an article from the time. I'd say AION are going with CATL Choco swap standard. And MAYBE if in the future they want a larger platform car they might go with NIO. But who knows what happens with Choco swap. Right now they claim the larger batteries only fit in wheelbases up to 2.9m long. But a next gen Choco swap could change that. Point is and still is"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-24T07:43Z 4587 followers, XX engagements
"Its not NP3.0 but when Li Auto put this battery in it was developed with CATL and was cutting edge at the time. Will be interesting to see what the caused the fire. Remember most of these batteries have been advertised for a while not to have thermal runaway for 30mins or longer"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-24T14:17Z 4586 followers, XX engagements
"The reason it can is the interesting part. They took a system from Bosch which allows the front wheels to angle more to reduce the turning radius. But originally the system from bosch required the vehicle to stop switch on the function and make the turn. ONVO/NIO did some software magic so now it just works all the time no need to stop and switch it on and off"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-24T15:17Z 4586 followers, XXX engagements
"here's the full agreement: Talks more about a unified standard and swapping between systems. Jointly developing swap stations. But obviously if AION has no plans for any swappable cars on NIO platform.then they aren't going to be building NIO swap stations. Maybe when Gen5 launches there might be news. But we'll see Chery's Exceed brand's NIO swappable EV soon. That will at least let us know how such a relationship between a 3rd party & NIO for swap co-operation is gunna work. Like is Chery committed to build a certain number of stations. Will they roll out stations depending on if there is"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-24T07:50Z 4588 followers, XX engagements
"Market dictates price. If NIO thought they could sell it for the same price as the second gen they would XXX% do it. I said to someone recently price drops form these OEMs is not out of the kindest of their hearts hahaha. Now NIO are able to drop the price becuase of the things you pointed out. But they XXX% would love to be able to keep the price high and reap the extra margin"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-24T18:05Z 4588 followers, XXX engagements
"We know the old pricing for the NT2 ES8 didnt really work well. The market dictates. And it dictated the NT2 ES8 was probably too expensive. Hence why the new NT3 has been selling well. Cos its Baas Price is basically the price of the NT2 ET5 launch price They have been able to reduce costs and that has let them be able to price it more competitvely"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-24T18:31Z 4588 followers, XXX engagements
"@Almighty_Heini @5littlebass @NIOGlobal I'm still not sure if I got a call from NIO telling me the battery had a big problem that I'd continue driving to a swap station. I'd probably just get out the car lol. What a nerve racking drive"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-25T05:13Z 4588 followers, XX engagements
"AION seems to have indeed shifted from NIO swap network to CATL's Choc swap network Today they announced a new joint developed car with JD AION & CATL. CATL Choco swap getting a lot of attention these past few weeks with roll out plans announced. CATLs Choco Swap is extremely fast taking around 1.5mins to complete a swap. It uses 42/56kWh LFP and 52/70kWh NCM packs"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-23T14:25Z 4586 followers, 6956 engagements
"Polestar X was never its flagshipPolestar X was. The reason it has the transmission tunnel hump is because it is sitting on the CMA architecture. Which was used by Volvo and Geely for Hybrids and EVs. Its a compromised platform for an EV. But the Polestar X is an epically fun car to drive. The accelerator pedal is precise and sublime"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-25T01:29Z 4586 followers, XXX engagements
"@5littlebass @NIOGlobal So there was that battery fire where the user took the battery just in time to the swap station. It burned inside the swap station. Did we ever get any confirmation that the battery was secured away from the others. Or did all the batteries in the station end up burning"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-25T03:39Z 4586 followers, XXX engagements
""We don't know anything about an ES9" was the message while the ES8 launch process was happening. hehe. Next year could be a busy year for NIO and new models. I wonder how fast they will roll out NT3 replacements for all the models. What comes after ES9.I think it makes sense to be ES6 but we just got the NT2.5"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-25T17:02Z 4586 followers, XXX engagements
"@5littlebass @WilliamLiNIO @NIOGlobal Oh yes. Its always a bit funny cos I will ask questions I know they can't answer. And everyone just politely pretends to accept the obvious lies"
X Link @ChinaDriven 2025-10-25T17:20Z 4586 followers, XX engagements