Shanghai-based EV maker Nio sold 62 ET9 vehicles in its domestic market in February, staying below 100 monthly units for the second consecutive month.
February is typically one of the weakest months for Chinese automakers, as production and sales are disrupted by the New Year celebrations, which has led overall Nio deliveries to fall sequentially.
On the other hand, ET9 sales were up three units from January’s 59 units — the model’s lowest result since launch.
Deutsche Bank analyst Wang Bin previously forecasted monthly sales of “approximately 1,500 units.”
Nio began deliveries of the ET9 in early 2025. In the final three days of March, the EV maker delivered 89 units of the sedan.
Deliveries rose to 810 units in April — the first full month of sales — and declined slightly to 682 in May. The figures halved in the following month.
In the third quarter, the total monthly deliveries — each below 100 units — still didn’t match June’s numbers.
The model surpassed 100 units in both October and November and stayed just two units below 200 in December.
ET9 Launch
The ET9 was unveiled at the company’s annual ‘Nio Day’ event in 2023, with the company formally launching the model — revealing its pricing and specifications — at the same event a year later.
The model is priced from 660,000 yuan ($96,100) for customers who lease the battery separately — through Nio‘s Battery as a Service (BaaS) program — or 768,000 yuan ($111,800) when acquired with the battery included.
The flagship sedan debuted Nio‘s in-house developed Shenji NX9031 autonomous driving chip, a steer-by-wire system, and an integrated hydraulic fully active suspension.
First Exports
Until recently, the ET9 was only available in China.
However, data from China’s Passenger Car Association (CPCA) shows that two ET9s were registered overseas in February.
The first one had been registered outside China in November.
These registrations align with Nio‘s expansion into Uzbekistan.
The company opened its first store there in early February, offering the ET9, the EL6 and EL8 SUVs (known as the ES6 and ES8 in China), and the entry-level ET5 sedan and ET5 Touring station wagon.
Uzbekistan is also the first overseas market for the Onvo brand, with the first L60 units spotted there last November — timing that coincides with that initial overseas ET9 registration.
The EV maker exported 47 vehicles last month, including 35 Nio units and 12 Firefly EVs.
Demand
The ET9 remains a small fraction of Nio‘s overall vehicle registrations.
The 62 units registered in China last month accounted for just 0.4% of the brand’s 15,124 domestic sales — a total still largely driven by the new ES8 SUV.
Upon the model’s launch, the company unveiled a ‘First Edition,’ capped at 999 units, which sold out within 12 hours.
The ‘Signature Edition,’ made available shortly after, is still available — priced 20,000 yuan above the standard trim.
In an effort to increase demand for the sedan, Nio unveiled the ET9 ‘Horizon Edition’ in mid-July — which adopts a two-tone body scheme and a brand-new wheel design.
The new edition was launched in mid-September, with deliveries beginning in the last week of the month.
This January, the company also launched a new limited edition of its flagship executive sedan ET9, as it celebrated the one-millionth vehicle rolling off the production line.
The ‘ET9 One-Millionth Vehicle Commemorative Limited Edition’ was capped at just nine units, with three under each theme — ‘Mirror of the Sky,’ ‘Dawn at Daybreak,’ and ‘Golden Mountains in the Sun.’
