Nio Delivers Its 40,000th ES9 Less Than Six Months After the Model Went on Sale

Nio has delivered its 40,000th ES9 flagship electric SUV, less than six months after the model went on sale in China.

William Li, Nio’s founder, chairman and CEO, disclosed the figure on Wednesday as he delivered the vehicle to Zhang Wenjie, who chairs Hangzhou H-Power Biopharmaceutical Group.

Li announces the 40,000th ES9 handover

Li posted the news on Weibo on November 11 and delivered the SUV to Zhang, whose firm, H-Power, is involved in dentistry, medical nutrition and biopharmaceuticals. A day earlier, Nio’s official China newsroom had said the 40,000th ES9 would go out this week.

The flagship SUV got to that mark less than six months after customer deliveries began, according to CnEVPost.

Nio launched the ES9 in China on May 27, and deliveries began the following day. At launch, the Executive Premium Edition started at 498,000 yuan including the battery pack, or 390,000 yuan with Nio’s Battery-as-a-Service plan.

The ES9 is a six-seat battery-electric SUV with a 900-volt architecture and support for Nio’s battery-swap network. Li said it has led sales in China’s battery-electric segment around the 500,000 yuan price point for five consecutive months, a claim Nio also made in its November 10 statement.

The latest 10,000 deliveries took 49 days

The ES9 reached 10,000 deliveries on June 26, 20,000 on August 8 and 30,000 on September 23. From those announcement dates, CnEVPost puts the latest batch of 10,000 vehicles at 49 days, three days more than the stretch that covered the 10,000 before that.

October volume for the ES9 was 6,714, a 12.87% drop from September that broke a two-month run of month-on-month gains, according to China Passenger Car Association figures compiled by CnEVPost. Cumulative deliveries stood at 38,917 at the end of October, before this week’s milestone.

That October total made up 37.04% of deliveries under the Nio main brand last month.

Two large SUVs still make up most Nio-brand sales

The ES9 and the ES8 together accounted for 15,452 deliveries in October, or 85.25% of Nio main-brand volume. The main brand delivered 18,125 vehicles in the month, up 5.73% from a year earlier.

Nio Inc, which also includes the Onvo and firefly brands, delivered 34,246 vehicles in October, 15.23% below the same month last year. CnEVPost reports that the decline snapped a 31-month streak of year-on-year increases. From January through October 2026, the company delivered 334,547 vehicles, 38.46% more than in the same stretch a year earlier.

As of this article, Nio has not issued a separate formal English press release for the 40,000th handover beyond Li’s announcement and the November 10 notice that the milestone was due this week.

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