Tesla Denies Report Of Future Battery-Swapping Plans In China Mar 02, 2021 at 9:42am ET ++ Despite NIO's success, Tesla says battery swapping is "riddled with problems." Despite pretty solid rumors coming out of China, Tesla insists it is not considering using battery swapping in the future. NIO has proven that its battery swapping program works well, but Tesla says it is "riddled with problems and not suitable for widescale use." According to Teslarati, this all came to the forefront when Tesla Shanghai Co., Ltd. added a “new energy vehicle battery swap facility” to its plans. Regardless of the reason for the latter plans, Tesla has no plans to revisit battery swapping. It didn't work well for the company in the past, and Tesla is banking on its long-range vehicles and rapid-charging capability.