Nio delivered 31,041 vehicles in the first quarter, slightly above the lower end of its previous guidance range of 31,000 to 33,000 vehicles.
Nio (NYSE: NIO) delivered fewer vehicles in March than in February, with the first quarter figure barely above the lower end of the previous guidance range.
Nio delivered 10,378 vehicles in March, up 3.94 percent from 9,985 a year ago but down 14.6 percent from 12,157 in February, according to figures it announced today.
That delivery volume included 3,203 SUVs, and 7,175 sedans, the company said, without providing a breakdown of the different models.
Nio delivered 31,041 vehicles in the first quarter, slightly above the lower end of its previous guidance range of 31,000 to 33,000 vehicles.
The deliveries were up 20.46 percent from 25,768 units in the same period last year, though down 22.5 percent from 40,052 in the fourth quarter.
Nio's guidance for first-quarter revenue was RMB 10.93 billion to RMB 11.54 billion when it announced its fourth-quarter earnings results on March 1.
As of March 31, cumulative deliveries of Nio vehicles reached 320,597 units.
Beginning March 28, Nio has rolled out the deployment of its third generation of swap stations in China, each with a service capacity of up to 408 swaps per day, the company said.
As of March 31, Nio had deployed 1,339 battery swap stations and 1,285 charging stations, including 6,467 chargers, worldwide. It also has 1,154 destination charging stations worldwide, including 7,993 chargers.
Nio will accelerate the expansion of its battery swap network and plans to install 1,000 battery swap stations in 2023, it said, repeating a previous goal.
Nio has been gradually releasing NOP+ Beta to Nio Technology 2.0 (NT 2.0) based vehicles. Since its debut on December 27, 2022, more than 30,000 users have activated and participated in the NOP+ Beta, accumulating more than 15 million kilometers, it said today.
Powered by Nio's internally developed full-stack smart driving technology and closed-loop data management, NOP+ Beta has achieved significant improvements in peace of mind, comfort and efficiency, it said.
Going forward, Nio will progressively deliver more features through over-the-air updates to continuously enhance the user's smart driving experience, the company said.
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