AIVA, the ByteDance–Saidou joint brand, is planning its second model as an SUV and is considering a battery-swap option, sources said. Whether it will adopt CATL’s Chocolate battery-swap solution has not been decided. CATL’s Chocolate swap network ha

2026-10-13

AIVA, the ByteDance–Saidou joint brand, is planning its second model as an SUV and is considering a battery-swap option, sources said. Whether it will adopt CATL’s Chocolate battery-swap solution has not been decided. CATL’s Chocolate swap network had built over 2,520 stations nationwide by Sep 29, covering 31 provinces and 200 cities, and has deployed nearly 20,000 new CATL batteries into swap inventories. Saidou Technology is backed by state capital, SERES, CATL and other industrial investors; it was formerly Chongqing Landian Technology and was renamed at end-May.