NIO hits 10,000 ES9 deliveries in 30 days as cumulative sales pass 1.1 million

On 26 June, NIO founder, chairman and CEO Li Bin personally handed over the 10,000th ES9 SUV to Li Ningchuan, founder of FutTech. The delivery marked the fastest 10,000‑unit rollout for a premium 500‑kilometre electric sedan in China, setting a new benchmark for high‑end pure‑electric SUVs. The ES9 features a 900 V architecture, dual‑motor all‑wheel drive, 520 kW power and the AQUILA perception system.

A day earlier, NIO vice‑president Ma Lin highlighted that third‑generation ES8 deliveries had exceeded 120,000 units, crediting the company’s range‑extended models for fostering an “electric‑first” driving habit. NIO also announced that its 9,000th battery‑swap station opened in Ankang, Shaanxi, bringing the network to 3,927 swap stations, 5,076 charging stations and 29,255 charging piles, with more than 2 billion charge‑or‑swap services provided to date. Overall, NIO has delivered 1,148,118 vehicles since its launch, with 150,526 new cars delivered in the first five months of the year, a 68.7 % year‑on‑year increase.