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China’s Nio unveils 788,000 yuan EV to take on Porsche, Mercedes

by Sarkiya Ranen
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China’s Nio unveils 788,000 yuan EV to take on Porsche, Mercedes
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CHINESE electric car maker Nio started sales of its most expensive car as it seeks to double deliveries in 2025 and eventually become profitable.

The 10-year-old automaker officially launched the flagship ET9 battery-electric sedan at its annual customer event on Saturday (Dec 21) in Guangzhou. Priced from 788,000 yuan (S$146,294), or 660,000 yuan if the owner opts to rent the battery, the executive four-seater is set to take on Porsche’s Panamera series and Mercedes-Benz Group’s luxury S range.  

The ET9 will be able to travel 650 kilometres (km) on one charge with a 100 kWh battery, and its high-voltage charging system will provide 225 km of range in as little as five minutes. It will also come equipped with Nio’s intelligent driving system powered by chips that were developed in-house, 35 speakers, and features including extended legroom. Deliveries will start as soon as March.

Nio also unveiled a second sub-brand, Firefly, aimed at more budget-conscious drivers. Its only model in China, installed with nine airbags, will go up against BMW’s Mini or Mercedes’ Smart, with a pre-sale price starting from 148,800 yuan. The vehicle price could be as low as under 100,000 yuan if the customer chooses to rent the battery, founder and chief executive officer William Li, 50, said in a media briefing on Sunday, following the launch of Firefly.

“Firefly can serve a wider group with Nio’s most innovative technologies,” Li said, while unveiling the brand. “We are about to bring the best mini cars to global customers.”

Firefly follows the launch of the Onvo brand earlier this year. The brand’s first model competes directly with Tesla’s Model Y sport utility vehicle.

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At a media event in Shanghai last week, Li said he was determined to double annual sales next year to at least 440,000 vehicles. Apart from a modest increase in shipments of Nio’s main brands, Onvo is expected to reach average monthly sales of 20,000, while Firefly should add “several thousand” deliveries per month, Li said.

Once considered one of the brightest rising stars in China’s electric vehicle (EV) market, Nio has fallen short of sales targets and continues to post losses. Its US-traded shares have slumped about 50 per cent this year, more than peers Xpeng and Li Auto.

The automaker, which is headquartered in Shanghai, typically launches its major products and outlines its strategy at “Nio Day” – a year-end gathering for corporate partners, customers and media. For its first event in 2017, the company paid for flights and luxury hotels for everyone who ordered a vehicle in the year before production started. American singer Bruno Mars headlined the 2018 event.

Nio had originally planned to launch Firefly first in Europe. The brand will now enter the region in 2025, Li said. It has also been designed with a separate battery swapping system, which may allow for rapid deployment with smaller batteries, after Nio encountered challenges in building battery swap stations in Europe.

Nio is facing new obstacles in the continent. The European Union has imposed tariffs as high as 45 per cent on EVs from China, which will stay in place for the next five years unless there is an alternative agreement.

“The added tariffs for sure had some impact on us,” said Li. “We are confident of the product, however. The market scale in Europe and our sales volume after the tariff increase will surely be affected.”

Nio showcased the first Firefly model in Frankfurt with some local partners earlier this year. Nio will choose one partner from each European country for sales and services, Li said, adding that this plan would apply to all three brands under Nio. While not excluding the possibility of local production in Europe, he said this might wait until it “makes business sense” when overall annual sales reach 100,000 units, for instance.

Meanwhile, Nio’s slow ramp-up of Onvo, with only around 10,000 vehicle deliveries in its first three months, has rattled investors. However, Li said this was a “reasonable speed” to ensure quality, adding that a battery supply bottleneck has been overcome. Having missed its operational targets for three consecutive years, Nio has doubled down on improving its performance to meet an already-delayed profitability goal for 2026.

“Profitability in 2026 is a baseline,” Li said. “It’s a task we can’t afford to miss.”’ BLOOMBERG



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Sarkiya Ranen

Sarkiya Ranen

I am an editor for Ny Journals, focusing on business and entrepreneurship. I love uncovering emerging trends and crafting stories that inspire and inform readers about innovative ventures and industry insights.

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