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$NIO (Nio Inc.-ADR) news recap: ➜ NIO’s flagship ES9 has surpassed 20,000 deliveries. The second 10,000 units took just six weeks, an impressive pace for a premium SUV starting above RMB 500,000 (around $ 70,000). ➜ NIO sold 7,300 vehicles in the Guangzhou region during the first half of 2026, outperforming traditional luxury brands Mercedes, BMW, Audi, and Xiaomi. The ES8 was the best-selling SUV across all powertrains, while NIO brand sales doubled year on year in the region. ➜ Euro NCAP has now awarded five stars to every Chinese EV it has tested. Firefly achieved a 96% occupant protection score, the highest ever recorded in Euro NCAP history. ➜ NIO’s new AI-powered "Tiantan" vehicle self-inspection system can perform more than 1,000 functional checks in under three minutes using only the vehicle’s onboard hardware and software, with no external equipment or manual intervention. ➜ Pure battery electric vehicles have become the dominant powertrain in China’s automotive market. ➜ China recorded a trade surplus of $ 112.5 billion in July.
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