The Nio F2 plant achieves efficient, flexible production with 756 robots in the body shop for automated production, it said.
(Image credit: Nio)
Nio (NYSE: NIO) is making its F2 factory at NeoPark in Hefei, Anhui province, available for public tours, having opened the world's largest Nio House at the park two months ago.
Visitors wishing to tour the plant will need to make reservations 30 days in advance using the Nio App, and each ticket will cost 500 Nio Credits, worth 50 yuan ($6.80), the company said today.
The plant is open to the public from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The most recent available tour date is Tuesday, October 24, though the 221 available spots have already been booked, the Nio App's information shows.
The plant achieves efficient, flexible production for 3,592,320 individual configuration combinations, Nio said.
Vehicles produced at the plant can be delivered in 21 days from the confirmation of customer order requirements, the company said.
The plant's body shop is one of the most advanced in the world, with 756 robots for automated production, Nio said.
On the NeoPark campus where the plant is located, 10 component suppliers have already built production facilities, allowing key components to go directly to Nio's production floors via an air corridor.
On April 29, 2021, Nio and the Anhui Hefei municipal government jointly announced the strt of construction of NeoPark.
The Nio F2 plant, the first project of NeoPark, went into production on September 26, 2022, and the first model produced there was the Nio ET5.
On August 28, Nio opened a new Nio House at the park, with over 4,000 square meters of floor space, making it not only the largest Nio House, but also Nio's first zero-carbon facility.
The Nio House has a design that all other such facilities do not have -- a corridor on the second floor with direct access to the Nio F2 plant.
It's worth noting that Nio doesn't have independent vehicle manufacturing credentials, and its two vehicle assembly plants are currently owned by partner Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group (JAC).
JAC announced last night that it plans to transfer the assets of its two plants, with a net book value of RMB 4.2 billion ($570 million).
JAC's announcement made no mention of Nio, although local media outlet National Business Daily cited people familiar with the matter in a report today as saying that JAC's plan was to transfer the two factories that make vehicles for Nio.
Nio said it was aware of the information and confirmed that the move would not affect the company's next production activities.
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