NIO Announces Definitive Agreements for Strategic Transaction with Geely Holding Group in Battery Swapping and Charging Businesses

SHANGHAI, Sept. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NIO Inc. (NYSE: NIO; HKEX: 9866; SGX: NIO) (“NIO” or the “Company”), a pioneer and a leading company in the global smart electric vehicle market, today announced the entry into definitive agreements with certain subsidiaries of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. (“Geely Holding Group”) in connection with a strategic transaction in battery swapping and charging businesses.

Pursuant to the definitive agreements, subject to regulatory clearances and other customary closing conditions, a subsidiary of Geely Holding Group will use (i) its holding of 100% of the equity interest of Yiyi Internet Technology (Chongqing) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Geely Holding Group that provides battery swapping services for the commercial mobility market, plus (ii) RMB640 million in cash as consideration to subscribe for newly issued equity interest of NIO Energy Investment (Hubei) Co., Ltd. (“NIO Power”), a subsidiary of NIO that operates battery swapping and charging businesses. Upon completion of the transaction, the Geely Holding Group subsidiary will hold 30.0% of NIO Power’s total equity interest, NIO Holding Co., Ltd. (“NIO China”), a subsidiary of NIO, will continue to hold a controlling equity interest of 63.6%, and an existing investor, Wuhan Guangchuang Emerging Technology Phase I Venture Capital Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership), will hold the remaining 6.4%. The transaction values NIO Power at a post-money valuation of approximately RMB16 billion.