Ever have a low battery on your cell phone and wish you could just swap it out for a fresh one with a full charge? Imagine if you could do that same thing with your car battery when it was running low? That's exactly what EV car maker NIO, Inc. has pioneered - battery swap technology that will replace a  depleted car battery with a fresh one. This is just one of the innovations that I'll talk about with Ganesh Iyer, Global Chief Information Officer (CIO) for NIO. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, NIO was started in 2014 by founder and CEO, William Li. NIO is a pioneer in China’s premium EV market driving innovation in connectivity, autonomous driving,  and charging solutions. 

So come along for the ride and get to know Ganesh and NIO, Inc. as we roll in a 2021 NIO ES8 and discuss:

• The future of EV driving
• Proprietary built in artificial intelligence (AI)
• Battery swap stations
• Battery as a Service (BAAS)
• The NIO ES8
• Autonomous Driving
• The NIO EP9 (featured in the Xbox game Forza Horizon 5 and now on display at the Peterson hypercar museum in Los Angeles)
• The EP9's autonomous world speed record set at COTA in Austin, TX

Go to https://techrides.io to watch the full episode, see pictures of our guests and cars, and watch short highlight clips.