Chinese EV maker Nio to join fray in right-hand-drive car markets

Chinese EV maker Nio to join fray in right-hand-drive car markets

Company’s Firefly minicar, priced around US$16,400, will be competitive in global markets despite tariffs, president says.

Firefly EV - RHD version confirmed for Singapore; Nio's affordable sub-brand coming to Malaysia next?

Nio has announced that the right-hand drive (RHD) version of its Firefly EV will be ready by October, and that it’ll first be available in the UK and Southeast Asia, with a Singaporean distributorship expected to be signed this week, reports CnEVPost. Nio co-founder and president Qin Lihong said at a media roundtable in Shanghai today that the carmaker’s new sub-brand (also called firefly) will pick the right time between June and August to laun…

CATL and NIO reach strategic cooperation on battery swapping - Charged EVs

Chinese battery manufacturer CATL has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with EV manufacturer NIO to jointly build a battery swap network and promote the unification of industry technical standards. The companies aim to build a battery swap network for passenger cars and promote the popularization and upgrading of battery swap services. CATL will support the development of NIO’s battery swap network, and new models subsequently developed b…

Nio Reveals New Details for Firefly Brand: Global Launch, Battery Swap Plans, and More

Shanghai-based Nio Group launched on Saturday its cheapest model ever with the management aiming the new Firefly brand to account for 10% of the Group’s total sales “in the long run.” For the first time, Nio will begin deliveries of a model that only offers customers the option to acquire the car with the battery, as it first aims to establish the battery-swapping network. The option to rent the battery is planned to arrive in August. Last month…

The Firefly brand was announced publicly months ago. It was presented as the most economical alternative within the NIO group, and it did so with a clear objective: 'conquer' Europe with its first cheap electric car. Now, after months of incessant dripping of data or rumors about it, the Firefly EV officially arrives at the Chinese market, and makes it by the hand of a really competitive price. The Firefly EV is presented as a compact rival of m…

Nio Firefly won't have dedicated swap stations in strategy shift

Firefly vehicles will be connected to Nio's next-generation battery swap stations, instead of Nio's original plan to have dedicated demonstration stations in the initial phase. For details, please visit CnEVPost.