Deliveries of Onvo’s three-row SUV — the L90 — fell to a new monthly low in January, according to data released on Wednesday by China’s Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
The second model from Nio Group’s family-focused sub-brand, which recorded more than 30,000 deliveries during its first three months on the market, saw its figures plunge to just 1,502 units last month.
The January total marks the steepest month-over-month decline since the model’s launch, with deliveries falling 64%.
While China’s auto market typically slows in the first month of the year after strong year-end demand, Onvo’s December performance had already been weaker than expected — ranking as the model’s second-worst month since launch.
Onvo L90
The Onvo L90, available in both six- and seven-seat configurations, was launched in late July.
The company started deliveries of the model on August 1 across 44 Chinese cities.
After early signs of strong demand due to a lower-than-expected price, Onvo delivered over 10,000 monthly units of the model between August and October.
Deliveries peaked in October with 11,722 units.
However, the figures were nearly halved in November, then fell another 30% in the final month of the year.
Onvo L60
The disappointing figures come despite the company’s efforts to increase demand with the launch of several limited editions for both its models in the past few months.
Last month, the company launched the ‘Ma Dao Cheng Gong’ edition for both the L60 and L90 models to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year Holiday.
Onvo delivered 3,481 vehicles last month, of which 1,981 are expected to have been L60s — marking a 67% plunge year over year and a 61% drop from December’s figures.
The debut model from the sub-brand was refreshed in September, with deliveries for the new iteration beginning in late October.
The figures show that L90 deliveries fell below L60’s for the second consecutive month, despite the earlier success of the second model and the growing six-seat SUV market in China.
Six-Seat SUV Segment
In July, both Shanghai EV maker Nio and Beijing-based Li Auto unveiled their own six-seat models, the Onvo L90 and the Li i8, respectively.
While interest in Li Auto’s model was slower than expected, Onvo’s second model boosted Nio Group’s sales during its first three months on the market.
The slowing demand came as Nio focused on the third-generation Nio ES8, also a six-seater, and as interest in Tesla‘s third-row Model Y L increased.
Both models quickly sold out for 2025, with Nio securing more than 100,000 firm orders — based on production capacity and delivery waiting times.
In January, according to the CPCA, the new ES8 accounted for 17,645 of the total vehicles sold by the Nio Group.
The figures indicate that the model represented a 84.5% share of the total 20,894 delivered by the Nio brand alone, and a 64.9% share in the total 27,182 vehicles registered by the Group.
Other six-seat configuration models include the Aito M8 and the Zeekr 9X, which sold over 6,000 units in January, according to the figures released on Wednesday, ranking second and third among full-size SUVs in China.
Onvo Deliveries
Despite having added a second model to its lineup last August, the brand reported its worst month since September 2024, when deliveries of the L60 first began.
Onvo delivered 3,481 vehicles in January, a 62% decline from December and a 41% drop from a year earlier.
Onvo’s monthly deliveries peaked at 17,342 units in October 2025, driven by the production ramp-up of the L90 three-row SUV.
Nio has expanded globally with both its main premium marque and the Firefly sub-brand.
This year, the company is also bringing the Onvo brand to international markets.
The brand’s first authorized showroom opened recently in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. There, the Nio Group is partnering with local distributor Abu Sahiy Motors.
Later this year, Onvo will also expand to Costa Rica, marking the first market in the Americas for the EV maker.
Nio also plans to introduce the brand to European markets starting in 2027, founder and CEO William Li said during a visit to the region last November.
