Nio Inc.

Nio Inc.
FormerlyNextEV (2014–2016)
Company typePublic
ISINUS62914V1061
IndustryAutomotive
FoundedNovember 2014; 11 years ago (2014-11)
FounderWilliam Li
Headquarters
Shanghai
,
China
Area served
Key people
Products
Production output
221,970 vehicles (as of 2024)
Brands
RevenueCN¥16.26 billion (2020)
CN¥−15.64 billion (2022)
CN¥−5.61 billion (2020)
Total assetsCN¥96.26 billion (2022)
Total equityCN¥27.17 billion (2020)
Number of employees
20,000 (as of 2023)
DivisionsERT Formula E Team
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese上海蔚来汽车有限公司
Traditional Chinese上海蔚來汽車有限公司
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShànghǎi Wèilái Qìchē Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
Business name
Simplified Chinese蔚来汽车
Traditional Chinese蔚來汽車
Literal meaningSky-Blue Coming Motor Vehicles
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWèilái Qìchē
IPA[wêɪlǎɪ tɕʰîʈʂʰɤ́]
Websitenio.com
Footnotes / references
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Nio Inc. (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái; stylized as NIO) is a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai. Founded in 2014, it adopted its current name in 2016. The company designs and sells electric vehicles, including sedans and SUVs, and has expanded into smartphone development.

In 2018, Nio filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. It collaborates with the government-licensed vehicle manufacturer JAC Group to operate two production plants in Hefei, Anhui, China.[4]

Nio operates more than 1,300 battery swapping stations in China (as of 2022).[5] The company develops semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicle technologies and has participated in Formula E racing since 2014. In 2024, it launched the Onvo brand to serve the mass-market segment.

Overview

Nio launched its brand on 21 November 2016 at the Saatchi Gallery in London. Investors included Tencent, Temasek, Sequoia Capital, Lenovo, and TPG Capital. The company also unveiled its first model, the Nio EP9 sports car, on the same day.[7]

A month earlier, in October 2016, the company received an autonomous vehicle testing permit from the California Department of Motor Vehicles and began testing on public roads under the state’s Autonomous Vehicle Tester Program. It stated plans to develop vehicles with level-three and level-four autonomy.[8]

In May 2018, Nio opened its first battery-swap station in the Nanshan District of Shenzhen, Guangdong, called the Power Swap Station. It initially served the ES8 model only.[9]

The company filed for an initial public offering worth about US$1.8 billion on the New York Stock Exchange in September 2018.[10]

By 2020, Nio faced major financial difficulties, and its share price had fallen 62% since the IPO.[11] The Hefei city government acquired a 25% stake and helped the company secure loans from six local banks to strengthen its battery, engine, and control-system supply chains.[11] In April 2020, Nio raised about US$1 billion from Chinese investors and transferred its main assets to a new subsidiary, Nio China, headquartered in Hefei.[12] Vehicle production increased by 81% over the following year, and the company's valuation rose to about US$100 billion.[11]

In August 2020, Nio introduced its Battery as a Service (BaaS) program and created a joint battery-asset company with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (CATL), Hubei Science Technology Investment Group, and a subsidiary of Guotai Junan International Holdings. Each partner contributed CN¥200 million (about US$32 million) for a 25% share. The service lowered the purchase price of Nio vehicles by roughly 25%.[13]

In May 2021, the company began its European expansion, announcing plans to start deliveries to Norway by September that year.[14] In the third quarter of 2021, it delivered 24,439 ES8, ES6, and EC6 vehicles, an increase of about 100% year-on-year.[15] Nio also announced plans to expand to 25 countries and regions by 2025.[16]

Nio House in Oslo, Norway

In August 2023, Nio Capital led the Series A financing of Mavel, a supplier of electric-drive systems.[17] The same month, Nio was chosen to supply electric cars for taxi services in Oslo.[18]

On 14 December 2023, founder and CEO William Li announced that Nio would launch a new brand for the family-car market to compete in lower price segments. The brand was planned to include three models and target the 200,000 yuan (≈€25,000) range.[19]

Later that month, the company obtained full production qualification for automobiles and announced the purchase of JAC factories that manufacture Nio vehicles, for 3.2 billion yuan. The transaction ended JAC's role as Nio's original-equipment manufacturer.[20]

Vehicles

Main article: List of Nio vehicles

Nio brand

Nio at Auto Guangzhou 2023

Nio's first car, the Nio EP9 electric sports car, was unveiled on 21 November 2016, the same day the brand was launched.[21] The company introduced the ES8, a seven-seat electric SUV, in December 2017 and began deliveries in June 2018. The ES6, a five-seat SUV, followed in December 2018 with deliveries starting in June 2019. In December 2019, Nio unveiled the EC6, a five-seat coupé-SUV, with deliveries beginning in September 2020. The ET7 sedan debuted in January 2021, and the smaller ET5 sedan was revealed at Nio Day in December 2021.[22]

As of 2024, Nio has revealed two concept cars: the Eve at SXSW 2017 and the ET Preview at Auto Shanghai 2019.[23][24]

Onvo brand

Main article: Onvo

In May 2024, Nio introduced a mass-market brand, Onvo (Chinese: 乐道; pinyin: Lèdào). The brand was developed under the internal codename "Alps" until the name was announced in March 2024.[25][26] The name Onvo stands for "On Voyage," while the Chinese name means "joyful path," expressing family togetherness.[27] The brand was initially led by Alan Ai, a senior vice president of Nio, who was replaced by Shen Fei in April 2025 after the brand missed early sales targets.[25][28]

Onvo's first model, the Onvo L60, began deliveries in September 2024. The L60 targets the Tesla Model Y and was directly compared with it at launch. Nio CEO William Li stated that Onvo vehicles are expected to be sold in export markets.[27]

Firefly brand

Main article: Firefly (marque)

In December 2024, Nio announced another new brand, Firefly (Chinese: 萤火虫; pinyin: Yínghuǒchóng), developed from its internal codename of the same name.[25] It is positioned as Nio's electric small-car brand.[29] Firefly's first model was launched in April 2025 in China and in August 2025 in Europe. Nio described it as a competitor to Smart and Mini small cars.[30]

Battery swapping

A Nio Power second-generation battery swap station in China

Nio operates an automated network of battery swapping stations that allow vehicle owners to replace or upgrade their battery packs in under five minutes. The service supports both permanent upgrades and temporary rentals and forms part of the company's wider energy system.

Network development

The first phase of Nio's swap network was completed in November 2018, with 18 stations installed at 14 sites along the 2,273 km (1,412 mi) G4 Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau Expressway, linking Beijing with the Pearl River Delta.[31] A second phase, completed in January 2019, added eight stations along the 1,212 km (753 mi) G2 Beijing–Shanghai Expressway.[32]

By March 2021, Nio had completed its two-millionth battery swap in Suzhou and operated 193 swap stations, 134 supercharging stations, and 327 destination stations across China.[33] In December 2021, the company reached its goal of 700 stations ahead of schedule, after performing more than 5.3 million swaps.[34]

By December 2022, Nio had built 1,305 stations across all provincial regions in China. The stations provided an average of 40,000 swaps per day and had completed a total of 15 million swaps.[35] The company opened its first European swap station in Norway in 2022, and by August 2023, seven were operating in Germany.[36]

Technology and station design

Nio's second-generation stations use automated systems that park and exchange the battery while the driver remains inside the vehicle. Later versions integrate energy storage and grid-interaction functions for highway service areas.[37]

Partnerships and expansion

Between late 2023 and early 2024, Nio signed cooperation agreements with Changan Automobile, Geely Holding, JAC Group, and Chery Automobile covering battery swapping standards, station technology, and network expansion.[38][39] In March 2024, Nio Power also partnered with Zhongan Energy of Anhui Province to advance battery standards, charging technologies, and network construction.[40]

Battery specifications

To ensure compatibility between vehicle models, all swap-compatible batteries share standardized external dimensions.[41]

Nio's original 70 kWh NMC pack was replaced in 2021 by a 75 kWh dual-chemistry NMC/LFP design. It combined the higher energy density and cold-weather performance of NMC cells with the safety and longer lifespan of LFP cells. In 2024, the 75 kWh pack was updated to an all-LFP, module-less design supporting 170 kW DC fast charging.[42]

In mid-2024, Nio began receiving deliveries from WeLion of its 150 kWh semi-solid-state NMC pack, with an energy density of 360 Wh/kg. The pack weighs about 20 kg more than the 100 kWh liquid pack and was initially available only for short-term rental through swap stations.[43]

Swap-compatible battery packs
Battery capacity Year Supplier Chemistry Weight Length Width Height Peak charge rate Voltage Capacity
70 kWh — 2018 CATL NMC 525 kg (1,157 lb) 2,062 mm (81.2 in) 1,539 mm (60.6 in) 136 mm (5.4 in) 90 kW 350 V 200 Ah
75 kWh 73.5 kWh 2021 NMC–LFP hybrid 535 kg (1,179 lb) — — 185.6 mm (7.31 in) 140 kW 386 V 195 Ah
2024 LFP 535 kg (1,179 lb) — — 185.6 mm (7.31 in) 170 kW 367 V 205 Ah
100 kWh 90.0 kWh 2019 NMC 555 kg (1,224 lb) — — 185.6 mm (7.31 in) 127 kW 358 V 280 Ah
2022 CALB 555 kg (1,224 lb) — — 183.1 mm (7.21 in)
102 kWh — 2025 CATL 545 kg (1,202 lb) — — — 600 kW ~925 V
150 kWh — 2024 WeLion NMC semi-solid-state 575 kg (1,268 lb) — — 185.6 mm (7.31 in) — 337 V 446 Ah
Onvo
60.6 kWh 59.0 kWh 2024 FinDreams LFP 439 kg (968 lb) — — — 150 kW 685 V —
85.1 kWh — 2024 CALB NMC 440 kg (970 lb) — — 116 mm (4.6 in) 250 kW 792 V —

Technologies

Nomi AI

Interior of a Nio ET7 showing the Nomi interface
Interior of an ET7 with Nomi

Nomi[44] is Nio's in-car digital assistant integrated into the dashboard. The company describes it as the world's first AI assistant available in a production vehicle.

The Nomi Mate 2.0 has a circular AMOLED display with an animated, human-like avatar that rotates and blinks to look toward passengers.[45] The system uses artificial intelligence to learn driver habits and can automatically adjust seat position, steering wheel height, and cabin temperature. Drivers can also give Nomi voice commands to open windows, change the temperature, or take in-car photos displayed on the infotainment screen.[46]

Nio Pilot

Nio Pilot is the company's SAE level 2 semi-autonomous driving system that provides driver-assistance functions. It debuted with the ES8 model. Over-the-air software updates in 2018 and 2019 added features such as lane keeping, adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning, automatic emergency braking, highway pilot (Nio Navigate on Pilot, NNOP), traffic jam assistance, and automatic lane changes.[47]

The system uses twenty-three sensors, including a trifocal front camera, five radars, twelve ultrasonic sensors, and a driver-monitoring camera.[48] Nio was among the first automakers to release a production car using the Mobileye EyeQ4 vision processor.[49]

In August 2021, a 31-year-old driver died when his Nio ES8 struck a stationary construction vehicle.[citation needed] The self-driving system was still in beta testing and was not designed to detect static obstacles.[50] The vehicle manual stated that drivers must take control near construction zones. The driver's family later alleged that Nio could have altered or withheld vehicle data stored on its servers.[51]

Aquila (Nio Autonomous Driving)

In November 2019, Nio announced a partnership with Mobileye to create a consumer car called Aquila, using Mobileye's SAE Level 4 automated driving system. The company planned to launch the model by 2022.[52]

Aquila comprises 33 sensors, including 11 high-resolution cameras, a lidar scanner, five radar units, 12 ultrasonic sensors, and two positioning systems: one using short-range communication (V2X) and one using high-accuracy mapping (ADMS).[53]

The system first appeared in the ET7 sedan.[54] Nio began delivering the model in the first quarter of 2022.[55]

Autonomous driving chips

Adam

Nio introduced the Adam autonomous driving computer with the ET7 in 2021, and deliveries began in early 2022. Adam uses four Nvidia Drive Orin processors that together provide 1,016 tera-operations per second (TOPS), a standard measure of computing performance for driver-assistance systems.[56]

Adam is standard equipment on all Nio vehicles built on the NT 2.0 platform.[57]

Shenji NX9031

Nio announced the Shenji NX9031, an autonomous driving chip, at Nio Day 2023. The company said the chip was produced in July 2024, marking completion of its design phase ("tape-out").[58]

The chip was first used in the ET9 sedan, introduced in March 2025. It has 32 Cortex-A78AE and Cortex-A65AE cores arranged in a big.LITTLE layout combining high- and low-power cores. The NX9031 provides about 615 kDMIPS, a computing performance measure. Nio stated that its performance is comparable to four Nvidia Orin-X processors used in the earlier Adam computer. Independent estimates suggest that Adam reached about 300 TOPS, while the NX9031 is estimated at around 500 TOPS.[59]

The NX9031 integrates a 26-bit image signal processor (ISP) that handles 6.5 gigapixels per second with 5 ms latency. It uses LPDDR5X memory at 8.5 GHz and 204 GB/s bandwidth. The chip conforms to the ISO 26262 ASIL-D safety standard, the highest level defined under that system, and employs Cortex-R52 safety cores. It contains over 50 billion transistors and is manufactured on Samsung's 5 nm process.[60]

Chip Year Transistors CPU Performance (kDMIPS) AI compute (TOPS) Memory bandwidth ISP throughput Process
Adam (four Nvidia Orin-X processors) 2022 68 billion 48×Cortex-A78AE 912 k 1,016 TOPS 204 GB/s LPDDR5 7.4 GP/s 8 nm (Samsung)
Shenji NX9031 2025 >50 billion 32×Cortex-A78AE & Cortex-A65AE (big.LITTLE)[59] 615 k ~500 TOPS 204 GB/s LPDDR5X 6.5 GP/s 5 nm (Samsung)

Sales

Year Total Nio Onvo Firefly
2018 11,348 11,348 — —
2019[61] 20,565 20,565 — —
2020[62] 43,728 43,728 — —
2021[63] 91,429 91,429 — —
2022[64] 122,486 122,486 — —
2023[65] 160,038 160,038 — —
2024[66] 221,970 201,209 20,761 —
2025[67] 326,028 178,806 107,808 39,414

The chart below presents the quarterly sales of Nio.

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Production milestones

  • 100,000 vehicles – 7 April 2021.[68]
  • 200,000 vehicles – 26 April 2022.[69]
  • 300,000 vehicles – 12 December 2022.[70]
  • 500,000 vehicles – 9 May 2024.[71]
  • 1,000,000 vehicles – 6 January 2026

Divisions

Nio Phone

Main article: NIO Phone
Nio Phone

On 22 February 2022, it was announced that Nio is planning to venture into China's smartphone market and preparing to make its own handsets. The company has formed a smartphone division in Shenzhen, and is hiring staff to expand the team. The move is preceded by similar plans to manufacture smartphones by automakers Geely and Volvo.[72]

The first Nio Phone was launched in September 2023. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 system-on-chip and has a 6.81-inch curved screen with 2K resolution from Samsung Display. The phone is equipped with a 5200 mAh battery that supports 66-watt wired charging, 50-watt wireless charging, and 10-watt reverse charging. It is equipped with an action button that allows drivers to launch over 30 functions related to their EV controls. CEO William Li believes that many competitors will learn from the smartphone innovations, however the primary interest of the automaker is likely to collect user data rather than making the phone a key contributor to revenue.[73][74]

Nio Life

Nio Life is the company's design lifestyle brand. The brand launched in 2018 with a capsule collection made in collaboration with Hussein Chalayan.[75] In 2021 Nio Life launched its sustainable fashion label "Blue Sky Lab".[76] The label collaborated with the Parsons School of Design challenging students to create new products made of leftover car manufacturer materials and, thereby, providing opportunities for young designers.[77]

Nio Service

Nio Service is the company's network of service centers.[78] Nio Users can request a "pick-up-and-delivery" service for their car to the service center. Additionally, mobile service vehicles can carry out simple maintenance work on demand.[79]

Nio Power

Nio Power is the company's network of battery swap stations, power mobile, power home and super chargers. Nio has 1,305 swap stations around China as of 31 December 2022, including 346 battery swap stations along highways.[80] In addition to the battery swap stations, Nio has 1,223 supercharging stations in China and 1,058 destination charging stations.

Performance and Engineering

Nio's performance and engineering division has international offices including in the UK, Germany, and the USA.

XPT

XPT is a subsidiary of Nio, with locations in Nanjing, Hefei, and Shanghai. Nio bought out its minority partners in the company in November 2020, taking full ownership.[81]

XPT designs and manufactures key components for Nio's supply chain, including the EV car motors,[82] powertrains,[83] and gearboxes,[84] which are later assembled elsewhere by Nio and its assembly partners. Nio runs its XPT company as a separate business, as it intends for XPT to become a supplier for other companies in the future.[85]

Management

William Li

Main article: William Li

William Li is a Chinese business executive and entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Nio. In June 2021, Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated Li's net worth to be US$7.11 billion. Li co-founded and invested in over 40 companies in the internet and automotive industries.[86]

Awards and honours

  • GQ China Entrepreneur of the Year – 2017 [87]
  • China Automobile Dealers Association Person of the Year – 2017
  • 2017 Top 10 Economic Personages of China
  • Forbes Most Intriguing Newcomer in the Transportation Awards – 2020[88]
  • TopGear.com Electric Awards 2024: EV person of the year [89]

Lihong Qin

Main article: Lihong Qin

Lihong Qin is a Chinese business executive. He is a co-founder and CEO of the electric car manufacturer Nio.[90]

Kris Tomasson

Kris Tomasson is an American industrial designer and vice president of Design at Nio.[91] He was born in New York to Marlene and Helgi Tómasson. He studied transportation design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and graduated with honours as a Bachelor of Science (BS). After graduation, he worked as a designer in various companies, from 1992 to 1998 for the first time for BMW, then as design director, Innovation of the Arnell Group, for The Coca-Cola Company (as Global Design Director), Gulfstream Aerospace, Ford and from April 2014 to May 2015 again for BMW, where he worked for the body design of the i-models was responsible. In June 2015, he moved from BMW to Next EV, which became Nio. The design studio where Tomasson is based is located in Munich/Bogenhausen.[92]

Hui Zhang

Hui Zhang is vice president Nio Europe. He manages both the German and UK locations of the electric car manufacturer.[93] After studying in Beijing and Utah, Hui Zhang completed his MBA in International Management at Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences in 2002. Initially, he worked in purchasing and supply chain management at VOITH AG in China and Germany. After positions at Kiekert AG as Vice general manager and at Lotus as general manager from 2011,[94] he was responsible for the Business Group Industry and Healthcare China at Leoni AG as a China Board Member from 2014. Hui Zhang is Deputy Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Germany.[95]

Motorsport

Formula E

Main article: Nio 333 FE Team
Nio have been participating in the ABB FIA Formula E since 2014, the inaugural season.

The Nio team is one of the original Formula E teams, originally competing under the name Team China Racing.[96] Before the first season was completed, they rebranded as NEXTEV TCR. In this inaugural season, their main driver Nelson Piquet Jr. became the FIA Formula E Driver's Champion, after winning two races in Long Beach and Moscow.[97][98] The team was only able to achieve fourth in the constructor's championship though, in part due to a rotating line-up of second drivers that did not achieve as consistent a level of success as Piquet.

From season 2 onwards, Formula E opened up car development, with teams creating their own powertrains.[99] Nio used their own design NEXTEV powertrain, but it saw a downturn in the team's performance for the constructor's championship, as they finished only ninth in season 2, sixth in season 3 and eighth in season 4. By this point, the team had morphed through NEXTEV, NEXTEV Nio until renamed simply Nio. Season 5 would see the team's meagre successes diminish further, as they languished eleventh and last in the championship.

For season 6 (2019–20) the team was sold on to Lisheng Racing and renamed Nio 333 Racing.[100] For the first time since season 1, Nio did not provide their own powertrain for the car, instead using the previous year's Dragon powertrain. It was rebranded under Nio's name and they remained classified as a manufacturer. This failed to change the team's fortunes, as they would go on to have their worst ever season, with neither Oliver Turvey nor Ma Qinghua being able to score any points in 2020. In season seven Nio improved marginally, as whilst Turvey and new arrival Tom Blomqvist amassed a total of 19 points throughout the campaign, the squad still remained in last place.

Nio once again changed their driver line-up for the 2021–22 Formula E season, as Blomqvist made way for former Red Bull and Williams junior Dan Ticktum.[101]

The team ended its Formula E involvement after the 2022–23 season, with the team being rebranded as ERT Formula E Team for the 2023–24 season.[102]

World records

Nio set five records in their track-only EP9 for the fastest lap for an electric-powered car in the Nürburgring Nordschleife, Circuit Paul Ricard, Circuit of the Americas, and Shanghai International Circuit tracks.[103]

Public listing

In September 2018, Nio listed on NYSE after raising about $1 billion selling American depositary shares at $6.26 apiece. The shares started trading under the symbol NIO.[104]

In 2018, while Nio was preparing for an IPO, the company told investors that they were building a new factory in Shanghai.[105] Then in March 2019, Nio disclosed that the factory would never be built. According to former employees, construction had never started. Investors sued and accused Nio's promoters, which included Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, of negligence in examining Nio's financial statements.[citation needed]

Its profitability has been so poor that it was bailed out by the Chinese Government organs in 2020.[106] In 2023, it was investigated by the SEC over disclosure of CCP officials in key positions.[107] Although Nio's stock price on the NYSE has risen in August and September 2023, it has yet to make a net profit and underperformed Q2 expectations.[108][109]

See also

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