NIO Enters 3 New Markets with Native Distribution Companions

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• NIO will develop into Singapore, Uzbekistan, and Costa Rica between 2025 and 2026 by partnerships with native distributors, additional strengthening its international presence.
• The Firm will launch its first right-hand drive mannequin and make its debut within the American and Central Asian markets.
• The multi-brand technique that includes NIO, ONVO, and firefly allows broader person attain and extra diversified mobility options.
• Partnerships with main native distribution companions lay a strong basis for NIO’s international development.

August 18, 2025, Shanghai — As we speak, NIO introduced its plans to enter Singapore, Uzbekistan, and Costa Rica in 2025 and 2026, additional increasing its international footprint and bringing revolutionary, sustainable, premium sensible electrical automobiles to native customers.In Singapore, NIO will companion with Wearnes Automotive, a number one luxurious automotive retailer within the Asia-Pacific area. Established in 1906, Wearnes represents and retails a number of premium and luxurious marques, with deep experience in model constructing and delivering high-end experiences. Beginning in 2026, the 2 events will introduce its small, sensible high-end EV, firefly in Singapore, marking the launch of NIO’s first-ever right-hand drive mannequin.

In Costa Rica, NIO will companion with Horizontes Cielo Azul Movilidad, the nation’s largest electrical car distributor. Horizontes Cielo Azul Movilidad has a confirmed monitor file of constructing Chinese language automotive manufacturers to realize market leaders in Costa Rica. This partnership marks NIO’s first enterprise into the Americas.

In Uzbekistan, NIO will companion with Abu Sahiy Motors, a number one native group with robust market foundations, a broad presence throughout logistics, actual property, and automotive gross sales and providers, and a forward-looking imaginative and prescient of the trade. This marks NIO’s first step into the Central Asian automotive market.

These collaborations mark a brand new milestone in NIO’s international growth. “To speed up our entry into numerous international markets, NIO is partnering with skilled gamers who’ve deep native experience and intensive distributor networks. They may assist us introduce our high-quality sensible electrical automobiles to new markets extra effectively,” mentioned Chris Chen, Head of World Enterprise Improvement at NIO.

The preliminary providing in these new markets will characteristic consultant fashions from NIO, ONVO, and firefly.

• Costa Rica: NIO EL8 (ES8 in China), EL6 (ES6 in China), ET5 Touring (ET5T in China), ONVO L60, and firefly.
• Uzbekistan: NIO EL8 (ES8 in China), EL6 (ES6 in China), ET5, ET5 Touring (ET5T in China), and ONVO L60.
• Singapore: the right-hand drive model of firefly.

Per NIO’s imaginative and prescient of constructing itself right into a person enterprise, the worldwide growth by way of distribution companions displays NIO’s unwavering dedication to its person enterprise philosophy. “NIO is very selective in selecting companions, making certain that their values align with our personal,” Chen added. “By way of shared imaginative and prescient, joint efforts, and mutual dedication to excessive requirements, we goal to ship experiences tailor-made to native customers.”

Because the starting of 2025, NIO has introduced partnerships with a number of nation common distributors to steadily develop its international attain. With steady innovation in each know-how and person expertise, NIO is dedicated to delivering services past expectations, bringing sensible electrical automobiles to extra customers worldwide, and advancing its mission of Blue Sky Coming in the direction of a extra sustainable and brighter future.

About NIO

NIO is a world sensible electrical car firm based in November 2014. Devoted to shaping a sustainable and brighter future collectively by offering high-performance sensible electrical automobiles and distinctive person experiences, NIO is the primary automotive firm listed on the NYSE, HKEX and SGX. NIO at the moment has three main manufacturers beneath its umbrella: NIO, ONVO and firefly.

Ten years into institution, NIO is now one of many main firms within the international premium sensible electrical car market, dedicated to fostering its personal analysis and growth capabilities for core applied sciences. As of the tip of June 2025, the corporate had filed for and obtained over 9,900 patents. Moreover, NIO has developed NIO Full Stack, a group of 12 know-how domains.

At present, NIO has R&D facilities and manufacturing amenities in over 10 places, together with Shanghai, Hefei, Beijing, Nanjing, San Jose, Munich, Oxford, Budapest, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi. Moreover, it has constructed a gross sales and repair community throughout 10 nations and areas, together with China, Europe, the Center East and the Larger Caucasus, serving customers in over 350 cities worldwide.

NIO Inc. at the moment provides 9 premium sensible electrical car fashions beneath the NIO model, two sensible electrical car beneath the ONVO model and one small, sensible, high-end electrical car beneath firefly model. As of July 31, 2025, NIO Inc. had delivered a complete of 806,731 automobiles, main the premium BEV phase priced above RMB 300,000.