Compared to February 2024, NIO’s February 2025 sales rose 62.2%. In total, 13,192 vehicles were delivered, versus 8,132 in February 2024. That said, recall that NIO launched a new brand in recent months. So, the NIO brand saw 9,143 sales (a slight increase over February 2024), while new brand ONVO … [continued]
NIO has completed more than 66 million battery swaps at its 3,000+ battery swapping stations. Tesla had one battery swapping station that was hard to find and barely used about a decade ago in California. Nonetheless, reportedly, someone at Tesla tried to shoot down battery swapping as a horrible idea … [continued]
The NIO ET9’s revolutionary steer-by-wire system eliminates the mechanical steering connection, providing a fully digital and customizable driving experience.
A new industry benchmark from NIO and the technology group ZF: with the steer-by-wire technology as part of NIO ET9’s “SkyRide” chassis, NIO and ZF industrialize the cutting-edge technology — a milestone for software-defined vehicles. Uncompromised driving safety and comfort: NIO ET9’s steer-by-wire technology allows for intelligent adjustment of the … [continued]
NIO’s momentum from a great 2024 carried forward into January, providing the company with 13,863 vehicle deliveries, a 37.9% increase over January 2024. Notably, a large portion of these sales came from NIO’s new brand, ONVO. ONVO is a more “family-oriented” smart EV brand. 7,951 of the company’s deliveries, 57% … [continued]
With the rise of Tesla and the EV market overall, one could think that every EV startup is just chasing money. And maybe that’s mostly right. However, some companies are more interested in being “green” leaders — seeming to have a genuine focus on protecting our climate, air, and water … [continued]
I covered XPENG’s and NIO’s great December, 4th quarter, and overall 2024 sales results yesterday. It was an excellent year for these two pure EV Chinese startups, and especially an excellent end of year for them. Now, I want to dive into their long-term sales trends. Note: I imagine neither … [continued]
XPENG and NIO ended the year with a bang. They both set new monthly sales records in December. XPENG Sales Figures XPENG rose to 36,695 deliveries in December, which was a whopping 82% increase over December 2023. That also meant the company ended the 4th quarter with 91,507 deliveries, a … [continued]
Not every company is eager to talk about ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) evaluations. In fact, in the auto industry, it seems more common to ignore them than highlight them. It’s hard to be doing well from an environmental perspective, a social perspective, and a governance perspective when you’re in … [continued]
NIO launched a new brand last week, the low-cost Firefly brand. The new compact car from Firefly will cost as little as 148,800 yuan ($20,400) at launch. It also launched its most expensive model, the ET9, which starts at 788,000 yuan ($108,000), more than 5 times more! Clearly, NIO is … [continued]
After reporting on XPENG and NIO sales this past week, I was interested in diving in a little deeper and comparing the two “smart EV” automakers. The companies are similar in age and have seen similar growth trends for years, so I always find it fun and interesting to create … [continued]
