China Nio shares soar 20% as EV deliveries greater than double in April

Shares of Chinese language electrical automobile maker Nio Inc jumped 20% Thursday after its automobile deliveries greater than doubled in April.

Hong Kong-listed shares of the corporate jumped as a lot as 23% to 44.20 Hong Kong {dollars}, touching their highest degree in over six weeks. Nio shares additionally helped enhance the broader Hang Seng index, which jumped 2% by noon buying and selling.

Nio said it delivered 15,620 autos in April, a 134.6% year-on-year improve.

“The deliveries consisted of 8,817 premium sensible electrical SUVs, and 6,803 premium sensible electrical sedans,” the corporate stated in an announcement on Wednesday.

Nio has delivered 45,673 autos up to now this yr, 21.2% increased than the identical interval a yr earlier.

The Chinese language EV maker has additionally been increasing its battery swap partnerships because it seeks to get an edge on the infrastructure facet of the EV ecosystem. Efforts like these are aimed toward relieving customers’ anxiousness about driving vary. 

Different Chinese language EV makers together with Li Auto, Xpeng, and BYD additionally reported April deliveries on Wednesday, whereas Li Auto was the one firm to have reported decrease deliveries than the earlier month.

Li Auto delivered 25,787 vehicles in April, down 11% from March. Hong Kong-listed shares of the corporate have been nonetheless 3% increased.

Xpeng stated it delivered 9,393 EVs in April, up 4% from the prior month. BYD’s sales volume for EVs was 313,245 in April, up 3.6% from March’s 302,459.

Hong Kong-listed shares of Xpeng jumped 7.5%, whereas these of BYD added 5%%.

Chinese language smartphone maker Xiaomi just lately joined the fray, and launched an electric car in early April. The corporate priced the SU7 at about $4,000 less than Tesla’s Mannequin 3. The corporate additionally claimed the brand new automotive would have an extended driving vary.

Simply final week, CEO Lei Jun said its new EV is promoting higher than anticipated, and the corporate hopes to interrupt even before anticipated regardless of promoting it cheaper than Tesla’s Mannequin 3.

— CNBC’s Evelyn Cheng contributed to this story.