NIO co-founder: We have a good relationship with JAC, and NIO car deliveries will start soon

      "NIO's delivery standards are good license plates and insurance, so the local vehicle management offices and administrative departments now decide our final delivery time," said Qin Lihong when faced with questions about vehicle delivery at the first NIO House in Shanghai.

In Xingye Taikoo Hui, which took more than ten years to build, NIO, a new car manufacturer headquartered in Jiading, spent seven figures a year on operating expenses to build an "urban oasis" in Li Bin's mind. On the left side of this oasis is an EP9 and on the right is a NIO EVE. If you want to see the true face of the "Internet celebrity" ES8, you need to go deeper into the exhibition hall.

Many people are impressed by NIO’s first NIO House at No. 1 East Chang’an Avenue in Beijing, but few people know that the NIO House at Shanghai Xingye Taikoo Hui is actually the first center planned by Li Bin to open. From the site selection in January 2017 to the trial of starting over on September 14, 2017, and then to the official opening on May 26, 2018, these simple date combinations are almost permeated with all the twists and turns and tenacity of NIO.

NIO has a basic requirement for NIO House: a combination of minimalist technology and warmth. In addition to showcasing the basic functions of NIO's brand and products, it also provides a "warm urban living room" for people who love NIO to rest at any time. As described by NIO co-founder Qin Lihong: You probably won't go to a 4S store for a cup of coffee, but you can come to NIO House casually and relaxedly.

This user-centric NIO House, like the spaces NIO has set up in Beijing and Guangzhou, has cost a lot of money. In the tender notice with the construction application number 1702JA0135, Jiemian Auto found that NIO's total investment plan for the renovation of the Xingye Taikoo Hui Center is RMB 10 million, the construction cost is RMB 7.818 million, and the construction period is 108 calendar days.

At such an exciting historical moment, we naturally cannot miss the opportunity to ask Qin Lihong about the production capacity and delivery of ES8. Here are the answers to the five most concerned questions:

Question 1: What is the specific date of delivery?

Qin Lihong: The actual delivery will start soon, but there is no specific date. Weilai's delivery standard is to have good license plates and insurance, so the final delivery time is now decided by the local vehicle management offices and administrative departments. The car is already here, and we will start soon, so everyone please be a little patient.

Question 2: Is the Hefei factory operating normally?

Qin Lihong: The Hefei plant is designed to produce 100,000 units at full capacity, and it will be able to reach 10,000 units by the end of this year. It started operating in October last year, initially producing test vehicles, then small-batch production vehicles, and is now in mass production.

Lihong Qin, co-founder of NIO

Question 3: How to explain the “idle” factories visited by the media?

Qin Lihong: When the media went there, it was in the small batch production stage, mainly to verify the process and procedures. On average, only a few cars were produced per day, so there was indeed no large number of trucks queuing at the door. This is a fact. Li Bin's analogy is very illustrative. Someone is in the delivery room preparing to give birth. During the delivery process, someone next to you asks you to show me the baby. If you don't show me, it means you are not pregnant. It can't be proved at this moment, but it can be proved after a while.

Question 4: Is the relationship with JAC becoming increasingly tense?

Qin Lihong: Our cooperation with JAC has always been very harmonious and has never been bad. NIO and JAC finalized the deep strategic manufacturing before NIO was established.

Question 5: What is the progress of the Waigang factory in Jiading?

Qin Lihong: The Waigang factory has now been listed as a key project of Shanghai, and is being carried out in cooperation with the Shanghai Municipal Government. In other words, no one dares to operate abnormally, and it must be normal. After completion, it will become a benchmark demonstration factory for NIO.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.