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How smartphone giant Xiaomi will produce its cars has been the focus of attention recently. JAC Motors, Nio's OEM, has denied reports that it could potentially be OEM for Xiaomi's car business.

Nio-backed artificial intelligence and autonomous driving chip maker Black Sesame Technologies' new self-driving chip, the A1000 Pro, has taped out with a record high computing performance among such chips built by local companies.

The company announced on Wednesday that it has completed the layout of a charging route along the Dushanzi-Kuqa highway in the far western part of China, covering a total distance of 560km.

Nio and Red Star signed a partnership agreement in February to jointly build 60 charging stations and battery swap stations.

It is not clear how many orders the agreement will bring to Nio, but its potential cannot be ignored.

Nio Life, Nio's lifestyle brand, recently signed with former LV art director Vincent du Sartel and former Cartier jewelry designer Thomas. V in Paris, France, and plans to collaborate with them to launch the Blue Sky Lab eco-friendly suitcase collection and the first jewelry products.

Nio is the second-largest passenger car customer of CATL, China's largest power battery supplier, after Tesla

A new Nio battery swap station went into operation on July 26, bringing the total to 321. The facility is located in Changsha, Hunan Province.

Nio has user loyalty that is hard to match by any carmaker in China, and referral purchases are an important source of its sales. So how did Nio reach this achievement?

Nio put three new battery swap stations into operation Sunday, bringing the total number of the facility in China to 320.