The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies NIO: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region. 16 sources back the record.
Overview
NIO (NYSE: NIO) is a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer producing premium EVs with autonomous driving capabilities. Founded by William Li (Li Bin) in 2014. Known for battery-swap technology, NIO Pilot ADAS, and NIO House charging/retail centers. Headquartered in Shanghai.
Reality check
NIO Power stake sale (company-claimed)
Sep 2026: A Geely Holding unit will take 30% of NIO Power, the battery-swap business, at about RMB16B post-money; NIO keeps 63.6%. Not yet closed.
Haohan Energy stake (company-claimed)
Sep 2026: NIO will take 10% of Geely's Haohan Energy charging business, with the cash used to buy charging assets from NIO.
2026 deliveries (company-claimed)
300,301 vehicles in the first nine months (+49.2%); 1,297,893 cumulative by Sep 30 2026.
Q3 2026 deliveries (company-claimed)
109,178 (+25.4%). The All-New ES8 passed 150,000 deliveries and the ES9 passed 30,000.
September 2026 deliveries (company-claimed)
37,408 (+7.7%), the slowest growth of 2026; ONVO fell about 42.5% year on year.
National Day swaps (company-claimed)
Oct 1-7 2026: 4,168 swap stations completed 1,192,221 consumer swaps; daily average about 22% higher year over year.
Peak daily swaps (company-claimed)
183,664 swaps on the Oct 5 2026 return-travel peak, after 183,469 on Oct 1; prior record was 177,627 on Feb 22.
Highway holiday energy (company-claimed)
Highway charging and swap facilities supplied more than 24.83 million kWh Oct 1-7, up 30.8% year over year.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Data & sources
Press releases
2
Patent documents
8
Web sources
6
16 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company NIO has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1CATL1× joint
- 2Zhejiang Geely Holding1× joint2 total
Most recent
- with Zhejiang Geely Holdingjust announced
- NIO x CATL (Battery Swapping)2025-03-17with CATLoperating
NIO on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jan 2025. Explore where NIO's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full NIO deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (5)
- William Li Founder & CEOreported, not verified
- Lihong Qin President
- Wei Feng CFO
- Ganesh V. Iyer CEO of NIO U.S.
- Yu Qu CFO (Stanley Qu)
Founders (3)
- Lihong Qin
- William Licofounderno longer at company
- William Lisole
Media (1)
Company-anchored media. Official assets the company has published at the company level, distinct from model-anchored media that lives on individual product pages.
Safety record
No incidents on record for NIO.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
NIO in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
Mentioned on (16)
Registry pages whose text names NIO.
Companies (4)
Robots and products (1)
Deployments (3)
Edge Multi-Port Surgical Robot at Budapest, Mobileye Drive at Munich, Germany, Walker S1 at Hefei, Anhui, China
People (8)
Steve Xie, Huang Zehua, Ganesh V. Iyer, Yu Qu, Lihong Qin, Wei Feng, William Li, Yao Maoqing
Supplied by (1)
Sensors
- Seyondcompany-levelSeyond Falcon ultra-long-range 1550nm LiDAR (500m) -- standard on all NIO NT2.0 models; ES9 adds two Robin Wsupplies
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Partnerships
2 total · 1 operating · 1 just announced
Every company NIO has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Zhejiang Geely Holdingjust announced
- NIO x CATL (Battery Swapping)2025-03-17with CATLoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1CATL1× joint
- 2Zhejiang Geely Holding1× joint2 total
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- NIO x CATL (Battery Swapping)withCATLjoint venture2025-03-17operating
- investment2026-09-27announcedjust announced
Funding rounds (1)
- IPO2018-09-12
$1.0B(reported)
Patent estate (8)
- US10338594B2usptograntedgranted 2019-06-25assignee
- US20180189578A1usptopendingassignee
- US10970746B2usptograntedgranted 2021-04-06assignee
- US10026130B1usptograntedgranted 2018-07-17assignee
- US20170363430A1usptopendingassignee
- US10471829B2usptograntedgranted 2019-11-12assignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in NIO’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Seyond
2026-06-27Supply: Seyond Falcon ultra-long-range 1550nm LiDAR (500m) -- standard on all NIO NT2.0 models; ES9 adds two Robin W from Seyond
PartnershipNIO x CATL (Battery Swapping)
2025-03-17NIO and CATL signed a strategic partnership to build the world's largest battery swapping network for passenger vehicles. CATL is investing up to RMB 2.5 billion in NIO Power, and the two companies will unify battery standards and share swapping networks.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJul 23, 2026
NIO logo
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (8)
- https://www.nio.com/
- https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/27/3369470/0/en/nio-announces-definitive-agreements-for-strategic-transaction-with-geely-holding-group-in-battery-swapping-and-charging-businesses.html · 2026-09-27
- https://electrek.co/2026/09/27/nio-power-geely-30-stake-battery-swap-rmb16-billion/ · 2026-09-27
- https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/01/3372504/0/en/nio-inc-provides-september-and-third-quarter-2026-delivery-update.html · 2026-10-01
- https://www.nio.com/news/20261001001 · 2026-10-01
- https://electrek.co/2026/09/30/nio-q3-2026-deliveries-september-growth-slows-onvo/ · 2026-09-30
- Nio completes nearly 1.2 million battery swaps over 7-day holiday, sets daily record twice · https://cnevpost.com/2026/10/09/nio-1-2-million-battery-swaps-7-day-holiday/ · 2026-10-09
- Battery swap works: Nio completes 1.2 million swaps in a SINGLE WEEK · https://electrek.co/2026/10/10/battery-swap-works-nio-completes-1-2-million-swaps-in-a-single-week/ · 2026-10-10
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Methodology: Verified · 8 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 6
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for NIO.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning NIO from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
XPeng and NIO August 2026 EV Deliveries Show Strong Growth
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/nio.md
- RSS feed: /companies/nio/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/5968b4d6-3395-4ab9-a060-49a30d098fec
- Revision history: /companies/nio/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
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Heat Index
Serious50/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
NIO draws attention at the 99th percentile but verifies reality at the 14th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +85.3, 3rd widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Broad public reach with 1.0M video views. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 20, 2026