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NIO 蔚来

Shanghai Founded 2014

NIO is a Shanghai-based Chinese electric vehicle brand known for electric cars, battery swapping, and NIO House.

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electric carsbattery swappingNIO HouseET seriesES series

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Latest from NIO

Recent news, releases, and milestones from this brand.

Milestones

  • 2026-05NIO's Onvo sub-brand crosses 50,000 cumulative L60 deliveries in its first full quarter of sales, becoming the brand's most important volume driver. Read more
  • 2026-05NIO launches the ES9, a flagship electric SUV and the brand's first new flagship model in more than two years.
  • 2025-12NIO reports full-year 2025 deliveries above 250,000 vehicles, with the Onvo L60 as the main growth driver and the core NIO brand holding roughly flat.
  • 2025-04NIO's Onvo sub-brand launches the L60 family SUV at a starting price of 149,900 RMB, undercutting the Tesla Model Y by about 30,000 RMB.
  • 2024NIO's Onvo sub-brand targets the mass-market EV segment with the L60 SUV.
  • 2020NIO launches battery swap stations as a core part of its energy service.
  • 2018NIO IPOs on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • 2017Renamed to NIO and launches the ES8, its first mass-market electric SUV.
  • 2016NextEV launches the NIO EP9 electric supercar, breaking several lap records at the Nurburgring.
  • 2014Founded in Shanghai by William Li as NextEV.