Written by Cláudio Afonso | info@claudio-afonso.com
According to a NIO enthusiast, the ES8 Model was spotted for the first time in Copenhagen, Denmark. The vehicle was seen on April 10 using a license plate from Norway, the first European country entered in the second half of 2021. During the last weeks, many models are being seen in the countries that NIO is aiming to enter this year: Germany, Sweden, Denmark and The Netherlands.
On January 29, NIO became a member of Danske Bilimportører, The Danish Car Importers Association. “In October last year, orders were opened in Norway, and in 2022 orders will also be opened in Denmark, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands. In addition to car production, NIO will launch Power Swap stations that allow battery swapping as a complement to charging. This will be launched in Denmark later this year. Globally, NIO employees over 17,000 people and is headquartered in Shanghai and listed on the New York Stock Exchange.” — said the CEO of The Danish Car Importers Association.
Also in January 2022, NIO published the first job post on LinkedIn regarding the expansion for Denmark. The company is looking for a Finance Analyst to work closely with the finance and IT department in headquarter of the group, as well as with third party service providers and auditors and to build and improve operational finance related processes and IT system.
The electric vehicle maker announced on April 10, that will rise its prices from May 10th due to “the continued sharp increase in global raw material prices this year”. The company follows other EV makers including Tesla that have been increasing the price of its models during the last weeks. NIO’s ES8, ES6 and EC6 models will increase ￥10,000 while the starting price of ET7/ET5 remains unchanged.
The company announced on Saturday (April 9) the suspension of the vehicles production due to Covid-19. NIO’s supply chain partners in Jilin (Shanghai) stopped production forcing the company to suspend the production of its vehicles. “Since March, due to the epidemic, the company’s supply chain partners in Jilin, Shanghai, Jiangsu and other places have stopped production one after another, and have not yet resumed. Affected by this, NIO vehicle production has been suspended.” — the company said.
On Friday, NIO’s Shanghai Manager, 庆华, wrote on NIO App regarding the Covid-19 situation in China and how it is affecting the company. “The closure time of the epidemic in Shanghai has exceeded most of our expectations” — he started to say. “At present, almost all of the 1,240 employees of the Shanghai company are also confined to home, unable to respond to the service needs of users and friends in a timely manner, and apologize to users and friends.” — NIO’s Shanghai General Manager said.
Written by Cláudio Afonso | info@claudio-afonso.com