Chinese premium electric vehicle makers, NIO and Li Auto today provided their March and first quarter 2025 electric vehicle delivery numbers.
NIO delivered 15,039 vehicles in March 2025, representing an increase of 26.7% year-over-year. The deliveries consisted of 10,219 vehicles from the company’s premium smart electric vehicle brand NIO, and 4,820 vehicles from the company’s family-oriented smart electric vehicle brand ONVO.
NIO delivered 42,094 vehicles in the first quarter of 2025, representing an increase of 40.1% year-over-year. Cumulative deliveries reached 713,658 as of March 31, 2025.
The Chinese automaker started deliveries of the NIO ET9, its smart electric executive flagship, in late March 2025. As the epitome of NIO’s full-stack technologies and industry-leading innovations, the ET9 sets a new benchmark for executive smart electric vehicles. Designed to meet users’ expectations for innovation and technology in an executive flagship, the ET9 redefines the standard for executive travel with an unparalleled flagship experience.
Meanwhile, Li Auto Inc delivered 36,674 vehicles in March 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 26.5%. This brought the company’s first-quarter deliveries to 92,864, an increase of 15.5% year-over-year. As of March 31, 2025, Li Auto’s cumulative deliveries reached 1,226,736.
Li Auto has remained the sales champion among Chinese automotive brands in the RMB200,000 (about 25,500 Euro) and above NEV market for twelve consecutive months. As a key contributor to the Company’s rapid path to profitability and its breakthrough in surpassing the RMB100 billion (12.7 billion Euro) revenue mark, the Li L series is on track to soon achieve a new milestone with the delivery of its 1,000,000th vehicle.
The new Li MEGA Ultra, featuring upgraded autonomous driving configurations, is already open for reservations. Further exciting updates to the Li MEGA model are expected to be unveiled at Auto Shanghai 2025. In March, Li Auto became the world’s first automaker to commit to open-sourcing its proprietary OS for smart vehicles, Li Halo OS.
Additionally, Li Auto expects its next-generation proprietary autonomous driving architecture, MindVLA, to accelerate the adoption of autonomous driving technologies, extending their benefits to a wider range of users.
As of March 31, 2025, the company had 500 retail stores in 150 cities, 502 servicing centers and Li Auto-authorized body and paint shops operating in 225 cities. The company also had 2,045 super charging stations in operation equipped with 11,038 charging stalls in China.
