Nio is poised to add another milestone to its flagship SUV's record. Yang Bo, the company's head of user operations, said on Weibo Monday that cumulative deliveries of the third-generation ES8 should pass 150,000 units sometime this week, without giving an exact date. The large all-electric SUV went on sale in China on September 20, 2025, with first customer deliveries the following day, so the mark would come within roughly a year on the market.
The pace has remained steady: the model logged its 140,000th delivery at the Chengdu Auto Show on August 21, meaning the most recent 10,000 units took about a month.
The ES8 now anchors Nio's volume. It delivered 11,001 units in August, 6.93% more than in July and the second consecutive month above 10,000, according to CPCA data. From January through August, deliveries totaled 99,948 — 62.21% of the main Nio brand's count and 38.02% of the group's total. Together with the pricier ES9, the two large electric SUVs accounted for 17,480 August deliveries, or 82.55% of the main brand's volume.
A five-seat variant introduced on July 9 has broadened the SUV's appeal beyond its original six- and seven-seat layouts. The new version starts at 382,800 yuan (about $56,550) with the battery included, 5.9% below the three-row model's launch price, while the battery-as-a-service option lowers the entry point to 274,800 yuan plus a monthly rental fee.