Deutsche Financial institution expects Nio ET9 gross sales to be 1,500 devices per 30 days

Deutsche Financial institution analysts be expecting per month gross sales of the Nio ET9 to be 1,500 devices, announcing they respect the sedan’s sublime design and complex applied sciences. They be expecting Firefly’s per month gross sales to be 1,500 devices as smartly.
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Nio (NYSE: NIO) formally introduced its government flagship sedan, the ET9, at Nio Day 2024 on December 21. Now, analysts at Deutsche Financial institution have supplied their gross sales forecast for the fashion.
“We respect the ET9 sedan’s sublime design and complex applied sciences, and estimate it’ll promote roughly 1,500 devices per 30 days,” analyst Wang Bin’s workforce stated in a analysis observe despatched to buyers these days.
The ET9 is a four-seat sedan with a beginning worth of RMB 788,000 yuan ($108,000) together with the 100-kWh battery pack, Nio’s best possible priced fashion to this point.

The corporate used to be providing a regular model of the ET9, in addition to a restricted version with most effective 999 devices to be had. Together with the battery, they begin at RMB 788,000 and RMB 818,000 respectively.
The day prior to this, Nio stated that the 999 devices of the ET9’s restricted version have been bought out. Deliveries of the sedan will start in March 2025.
The ET9 will compete with all-electric sedan friends such because the Mercedes-Benz EQS, BMW i7, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) Fashion S and Porsche Taycan, Wang’s workforce famous.
The sedan may also compete with its interior combustion engine sedan friends, together with the Mercedes-Benz S-Magnificence, BMW 7 Collection, Audi A8, and Porsche Panamera, the workforce stated.
Nio control’s gross sales expectancies for the ET9 aren’t top, taking into account the top price ticket.
The ET9 may not be a powerful performer in relation to gross sales numbers, Nio founder, chairman and CEO William Li stated in a conversation with native media the day before today, including, “If it sells 1,000 devices a month, we will be fairly satisfied.”
Previous to the supply of the ET9, Nio’s best possible priced fashion used to be the ES8, an SUV (game application car) that delivered 8,187 devices from January-November this 12 months, contributing 4.29 % of Nio Inc’s deliveries of 190,832 for a similar length, knowledge compiled by way of CnEVPost confirmed.
Nio’s different top rate sedan, the ET7, delivered 6,406 cars in January-November, contributing 3.36 % of Nio Inc’s deliveries in the similar length.
Along side the ET9, Nio additionally introduced the Firefly emblem at Nio Day 2024 on December 21 and gave the logo’s first fashion — with the similar identify as the logo — its debut.
The battery electrical car fashion went on pre-sales in China on December 21 at a worth of RMB 148,800, making it Nio Inc’s least expensive. It’s going to be formally introduced in April 2025 in China.
Nio control in the past stated it anticipated Firefly to promote within the hundreds every month, regardless that Deutsche Financial institution has a distinct take.
“We’re quite conservative on Firefly gross sales outlook because of its distinctive external design, and be expecting the product to promote 1,500 unit per 30 days, underneath the corporate’s forecast of per month a number of thousand devices,” Wang’s workforce wrote.
The Firefly fashion is a compact automobile designed to compete with the BMW Mini, in addition to the Sensible, a three way partnership between Geely and Mercedes-Benz.
The design of the fashion’s headlights has just lately sparked well-liked debate on Chinese language social media platforms, with some disapproving whilst others had been in a position to just accept it.
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Nio says ET9 orders exceeded expectancies, 999 restricted version devices bought out

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