NIO ES8 Review — 1st impressions

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 00:56:03 +0000

I wrote a long article about NIO in the summer 2022. I had visited NIO and the NIO House in Oslo in the spring. While most of the visit was a conference about NIO, the next day we did have the opportunity to drive and use the battery swap station outside of Oslo. It was […]

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NIO Enters the Global Stage — Not Your Average Carmaker

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:00:51 +0000

This article is a co-production of Maarten Vinkhuyzen and Chanan Bos NIO is the new kid on the block. And it is different from all the other new kids that are trying to fit in. There is room for everyone, but NIO needs some extra introduction. It is not just another thirteen-a-dozen Chinese electric carmaker. […]

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NIO EV Sales Up — Strong Community Backs The Startup

Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 03:06:13 +0000

NIO Day ES8 Unveiling. Photo: Nicolas Zart CleanTechnicaNIO has released its delivery figures for December 2019. With deliveries of 3,170 vehicles in December 2019, including 2,537 ES6s and 633 ES8s, the cumulative deliveries of ES8 and ES6 have reached 31,913, spelling good news for the company as it closes a tumultuous year

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NIO’s Q3 Financials Are In

Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 07:48:39 +0000

NIO Day EC6 Unveiling. Photo: Nicolas Zart CleanTechnicaFresh from Shenzhen where NIO unveiled its new EC6 and an updated ES8 at its packed NIO Day, the company also announced its Q3 earnings before the end of the calendar year. Despite a tumultuous 2019 in which NIO maneuvered the end of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) subsidies and a battery recall (partly due to the battery company), it managed to increase sales towards the end of the year

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“Model 3 & The Disciples” — China EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 12:00:53 +0000

When you find yourself in times of trouble, Model 3 comes to thee Speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in this hour of darkness, it is standing right in front of thee Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

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China EV Sales Report — GAC Aion S The Only Ray Of Light In A Depressed Market

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 21:40:59 +0000

There seems to be no end to the incentives blues, with the Chinese plug-in market plunging 46% year over year (YoY), and this time both powertrain technologies crashed at the same speed (-47% for BEVs, -46% for PHEVs), a worrying drop, considering the overall market was down just 6% Yo

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Tesla Model 3, GAC Aion S, & BMW 530Le Shine In Depressed Chinese EV Market — EV Sales Report

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2019 02:21:12 +0000

There seem to be no end to the end-of-incentives hangover in China, with the Chinese plug-in market dropping a steep 27% year over year (YoY), and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) crashing 45% YoY last month. Additionally, BEVs finally got dragged into the red ink, dropping a harsh 20% in September. The overall auto market was not so catastrophic, sliding down just 6% Yo

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China EV Sales Report — Baojun E-Series New #1 In Receding Market

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 07:27:53 +0000

The end-of-incentives hangover deepened in August for the Chinese plug-in vehicle market, with the market dropping a steep 12% year over year (YoY) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) crashing 51%. Amazingly, fully electric vehicles (BEVs) managed to grow, by 4%, a small increase over the 1% growth rate of July, which means BEVs are currently the only ray of light in the Chinese auto market (the overall market also dropped, by 8% YoY)

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Chinese EV Sales In July: After The Subsidy Storm

Credit to Author: Jose Pontes| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 07:10:08 +0000

After an end-of-incentives derived surge in June, July saw the expected hangover, with the Chinese plug-in vehicle market dropping 7% year over year (YoY), and the 70,000 units of last month representing less than half of the deliveries of the previous month. Plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) sank 22% YoY in July, their worst drop in over two years, while, amazingly, fully electric vehicles (BEVs) still managed to grow, if only by 1%, despite the gloom all around them (the overall market also dropped 4%)

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