NIO USA, Inc. is the American arm of NIO, a premium smart electric vehicle company founded in 2014. The company designs and builds electric vehicles alongside a broad technology stack spanning autonomous driving systems, battery swapping technology, in-vehicle AI, chips, smart hardware, vehicle operating systems, and artificial intelligence. Its proprietary battery swapping stations can exchange a vehicle's battery in three minutes.
NIO's product portfolio includes the ONVO line, focused on family users, and firefly, a range of smart small cars aimed at global communities. The in-vehicle AI assistant, NOMI, is a central feature across its vehicles. The company has filed over 9,900 patents and operates in 24 countries and regions, with offices in Shanghai, Hefei, Beijing, San Jose, Munich, Oxford, Budapest, Singapore, and Abu Dhabi.
Internally, NIO describes itself as a "user enterprise," oriented around satisfying the people who use its products. The company promotes a "Blue Sky Coming" philosophy and maintains community-oriented spaces called NIO House and NIO Life, in addition to its core work in electric mobility and automotive technology.
