Chinese EV company Nio plans to expand to the Middle East this year, CEO William Li said on an earnings call Thursday, adding that deliveries of its lowest-priced brand will start in the first half of next year. The U.S.-listed Chinese company plans to start offering its products and services in the United Arab Emirates by the end of this year, Li said, according to a FactSet transcript.
Shares of Nio (NYSE: NIO ) stock are down by over 5% after the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) company reported its first-quarter earnings. During the quarter, Nio's deliveries fell by 3.2% year-over-year (YOY) to 30,053 vehicles.
Nio has already surpassed first-quarter shipments by 20% in just the first two months of the current quarterly period. The company offers a unique battery swapping technology that is helping to gain customers.
NIO receives regulatory approval to build a third factory in China, which is likely to boost its total production capacity to one million cars.
Melexis will provide Chinese car manufacturer NIO with current sensor chips for its traction inverter system, it said on Thursday, becoming the latest European supplier to partner with a Chinese automaker.
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio (NIO) reported first-quarter results below expectations Thursday, falling short on revenue and posting a wider loss than analysts had expected, sending the company's American depositary receipts (ADRs) lower in premarket trading.
The Chinese EV maker 's net loss widened in the first quarter, with electric-vehicle sales off to a seasonally slow start.
Thursday morning, NIO announced a first-quarter per-share loss of 36 cents from sales of $1.4 billion. Wall Street was looking for a 33-cent loss from sales of $1.5 billion, respectively, according to FactSet.
Shares of Nio Inc. were hit hard Wednesday, after the China-based electric vehicle maker reported first-quarter results that missed the mark amid “intensifying competition,” but did provide an upbeat take on the current quarter.
Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio said on Thursday that it expected its EV deliveries in the second quarter to more than double from a year ago to between 54,000 and 56,000.
Nio (NYSE: NIO ) reported its May deliveries on June 1, and Nio stock fell on the news. Nio delivered a record 20,544 vehicles in May, bringing the number of vehicles delivered year-to-date to 66,217, 51% higher than a year earlier.