On Jan 3, NIO said it will hold a roll-off ceremony on Jan 6 at the NIO Advanced Manufacturing Xinqiao Plant 2 for its millionth production car — a milestone that would make it the third among China's new EV makers to enter the "million-unit club," underscoring the system-level competitiveness of the country's pure-electric brands.
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Robust deliveries laid the groundwork for the milestone. On Jan 1, NIO reported December 2025 deliveries of 48,135 vehicles — a record high and a 54.6% jump from a year earlier — marking a fifth straight month of gains. Looking at the fourth quarter, NIO delivered 124,807 vehicles, also a quarterly record, up 71.7% year on year.
For 2025 as a whole, NIO reported sustained growth, with full-year deliveries reaching 326,028 — a 46.9% increase and a new annual peak. Behind the performance is a coordinated multi-brand push: the premium NIO brand delivered 178,806 vehicles; ONVO, aimed at mainstream family buyers, delivered 107,808; and Firefly, targeting younger entry-level buyers, delivered 39,414.
By end-2025, NIO's cumulative deliveries stood at 997,592 — just shy of the million mark. Of that, the NIO brand accounted for 829,609; ONVO totaled 128,569; and Firefly 39,414.
In the broader industry, Li Auto became the first domestic new EV maker to surpass 1 million deliveries in October 2024; by December 2025 its cumulative deliveries had topped 1.5 million. Leapmotor, for its part, rolled its millionth complete vehicle off the line in September 2025, becoming the second. NIO's imminent entry into the million-unit club is not only a company milestone — it further expands the scale race among China's new players.
Notably, the ceremony will be held at Xinqiao Plant 2 — an end-to-end digital, intelligent factory capable of producing multiple models in parallel. That manufacturing muscle gives the million-unit milestone a strong technical backdrop.
