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On Friday, NIO said on Twitter that it would enter the Dutch market with its sedan model NIO ET7 in the last quarter of the year. When asked which vehicles will be available in the last quarter of the year in the Netherlands, NIO answered, “We will start with the ET7 in the Netherlands”.
Less than 24 hours later, the official NIO Deutschland account deleted the tweet saying they “mixed the information” and that the sedan NIO ET7 will be available in Germany in Q4 2022. When it comes to all the other markets (The Netherlands included), enthusiasts may “stay tuned for more information”.
“Yesterday we mixed the information about models in Europe and Germany. The model available in Germany in Q4 is the NIO ET7. For all other markets like [The] Netherlands – stay tuned for more information!,” NIO said.
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In September 2021, when NIO entered Norway, the model chosen to be available in the Nordic country was the NIO ES8. At the time, when the Shanghai-based company expanded overseas, the ET7 model was already known but not in the production phase.
The EV manufacturer will enter 4 new European Markets in 2022: Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and The Netherlands. During the last NIO Day, the company revealed that will be present in 25 Countries by 2025.
In late January, NIO CEO William Li and Marius Hayle — the Manager of NIO Norway — gathered with 20 NIO users for a discussion where it was revealed that the ET7 Model will arrive in Norway during the last quarter of the year. On the same day, NIO also announced that the ET5 Model — with a 1,000km range — will be available in Norway (and “several other global markets”) during the Spring of 2023.
In April, a white NIO ET7 Model was seen charging in Munich (Germany) at a EWE Go Station, a German subsidiary of the fifth-largest energy supplier in the country, EWE AG.
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The model has seen a great demand in the Chinese market having a 6 months waiting list for the sedan unveiled on January 2021, during NIO Day. On March 22, our local source was in direct contact with NIO Sales Department and was told that the currently expected waiting time for the model is 6 months. The timeframe given by NIO indicates that EV enthusiasts living in China that still didn’t place an order for the sedan will have to wait until September to receive the car.
Earlier this week, NIO’s Europe Vice-President Hui Zhang was present at the Join Sweden Summit in Stockholm ahead of the expansion to the Nordic country. In an interview with Dagens Industri, Zhang was asked about NIO’s competition in Sweden with Tesla and the Swedish Polestar where he replied to enhancing the company’s business models such as the Power Swap Stations and the BaaS (Battery as a Service).
On the first day of June, the company reported 7,024 vehicles delivered in May showing an increase year-over-year and also from the previous month, when delivered 5,074 units. On NIO App, William Li answered customers and enthusiasts saying “Thank you all! We will continue to work hard in June”.
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