NIO

NIO

NIO Inc.
🇨🇳 China

Chinese premium EV maker known for battery-swap infrastructure and three-row electric flagships. Owns the mass-market ONVO brand and the performance-focused Firefly city-car brand.

NIO models

ES9
EV
ES9

The NIO ES9 is a three-row flagship electric SUV built on the NT 3.0 platform, with a 900V architecture, a 102 kWh battery, and up to 620 km of CLTC range. Dual motors produce 697 hp for a 4.3-second 0-100 km/h time. Prices start from ¥498,000 in China.

697 hp 620 km CLTC AWD

NIO models and prices

ModelPrice fromMarketBodyPowertrainStatus
ES9¥498,000(~$73,997)ChinaJul 2026SUVEVOn Sale

Starting prices in the market each car is sold in, on the date shown. USD figures are approximate conversions.

News about NIO

China says its carmakers develop cars too fast
China says its carmakers develop cars too fast

MIIT has launched a year-long quality campaign aimed at the trade-off behind China's 18 to 24 month development cycles, saying aggressive new technology is reaching production cars without enough testing. Inspectors have already visited XPeng, GAC Aion, NIO, Chery and JAC plants and pulled vehicles and battery packs for independent testing.

4 Sept 2026
China bans blue exterior lights for driver-assist systems
China bans blue exterior lights for driver-assist systems

China's regulator will no longer certify new models fitted with the small blue exterior lights used by Li Auto, Aito, XPeng, Nio, BYD, Xiaomi and others to signal active L2/L2+ driver assistance, citing the national lighting standard GB 4785-2019. The rule took effect 27 July 2026; measures for cars already on sale are still under review.

31 Jul 2026

Explainers

China's car brands: who owns what
China's car brands: who owns what

China's car market runs on a handful of giant groups, each fielding a stack of brands. Here is who owns what - the parent companies, the sub-brands, the Huawei alliance, and why the chart keeps changing.

Market Data

China's EV share hit a record because the rest of the market fell faster
Stats
China
China's EV share hit a record because the rest of the market fell faster

New-energy vehicles took a record 64.4% of China's retail car sales in July 2026, even as NEV retail itself fell 2% year on year - the seventh straight monthly decline. The record came from combustion collapsing faster than EVs are growing.
About

NIO was founded in November 2014 as NextEV and renamed NIO Inc. in July 2017. The Shanghai-based company builds premium electric SUVs and sedans, and it is best known for a proprietary battery-swap network that lets owners exchange a depleted pack for a charged one in about three minutes rather than plugging in to charge.

The core NIO lineup spans sedans like the ET5 and ET9 and SUVs including the ES6, EC6, and the three-row flagship ES9. NIO Inc. also owns ONVO, a mass-market marque sharing the same NT platform family and swap infrastructure at lower price points, and Firefly, a compact city-car brand.

Global website nio.com
Frequently asked questions
Who owns NIO?
NIO is a publicly traded company.
What country are NIO cars from?
NIO is a Chinese brand, headquartered in Shanghai.
When was NIO founded?
NIO was founded in 2014.
What kind of cars does NIO make?
NIO makes premium electric SUVs and sedans.
What does NIO's battery-swap network offer?
NIO operates its own network of battery-swap stations across China where a depleted pack can be exchanged for a charged one in around three minutes. Owners can also subscribe to Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS), which lowers the purchase price in exchange for a monthly battery rental fee.
What other brands does NIO own?
NIO Inc. also owns ONVO, a mass-market EV brand launched in 2024 that shares NIO's NT platform and swap network at lower price points, and Firefly, a compact city-car brand introduced in 2025.
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