NIO starts shipping ES8s to Norway

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- The first batch of the NIO ES8s for delivery to Norwegian users was shipped from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Port on July 20, and is expected for preorder and delivery in September 2021, NIO said on Thursday.

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The vehicles exported to Norway are the all-new ES8s that hit the market at the end of 2019 and rolled off the production line at the JAC-NIO Advanced Manufacturing Center in April 2020.

In June 2021, NIO announced that it received European Whole Vehicle Type Approval (EWVTA) for the NIO ES8, meaning that the ES8 for Europe has been officially approved for volume production and license plate registration in all EU countries.

In early May, the startup announced its entry into Norway, NIO's first overseas market. The company said then it would start delivering the ES8 in the country in September and hand over the ET7 sedan from 2022.

In addition to selling cars, NIO will bring Norwegian users its direct sales and service network encompassing NIO House, NIO App for European users, Power Swap Stations, and NIO Life.

NIO is to build up a complete power service network in Norway. On July 7, the first shipments of NIO's Power Swap stations and Power chargers departed for Norway, and these facilities are scheduled to be running there in September. In 2022, the startup will build battery swapping stations in five cities of Norway.