Covid slows down the delivery of the NIO ET5 in China

The NIO ET7, NIO ET5 and NIO EL7 are due to hit the roads in the course of the next few weeks.

In the mother country China, however, NIO buyers have to be patient at the moment: the delivery of the electric sedan ET5 is delayed due to Covid.

China's zero covid policy repeatedly causes temporary production stoppages in car factories.  Deliveries began in September and 221 units left the plant in October.

Several Chinese customers have now received news from NIO that the delivery of their ET5 will be delayed - by about a month. As compensation, the customers will receive NIO credits, which can be used to take advantage of a wide variety of services.

In the UK, NIO is launching the ET7, the high-performance premium flagship sedan, which is scheduled for delivery in mid-October 2022. In addition, pre-orders are being taken for the NIO ET5, the mid-size smart electric sedan, and the NIO EL7, the mid-size smart electric SUV. Deliveries of these models will start in January and March 2023 respectively. The NIO House in Berlin is about to open, with others planned in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Gothenburg. Originally, the cars were only to be offered in Europe on a subscription basis, but now there is also a purchase option.

The company is also building its charging infrastructure: the first power-swap station is already in place at the Zusmarshausen charging park, and videos of the first battery swaps are already online. Another station is currently being built in Berlin. In addition, NIO also wants to build its charging stations with up to 500 kilowatts of charging power. Currently, however, even NIO's cars cannot use the full power of these charging stations because the C-rate - the ratio of battery size to charging power - would then be far above the recommended value of 2. Higher C-rates lead to undesired higher temperature developments in the battery.