The Zhitong Finance App learned that according to relevant media reports, the Hefei Public Resources Exchange Center issued a tender notice for the “Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co., Ltd. New Energy Passenger Vehicle Body Parts Construction Project Construction Project General Contract” on January 19. The relevant person in charge of the project confirmed: “This project is NIO.US (NIO.US)'s second plant in JAC. The current production capacity is insufficient.” NIO did not comment on this.

According to the announcement, the total construction scale of the project is about 274,800 square meters, including a planned construction area of about 255,800 square meters for the construction of a new coating workshop, PDI workshop, energy center and sewage treatment station; the renovation of a joint welding plant, assembly workshop, and quality center within the three original passenger car plants; and the construction of a new building material preparation room 2 and related supporting facilities, etc., with a planned construction area of 19,000 square meters. The estimated contract price of the project is about 350 million yuan, and the planned construction period is 370 days.

According to reports, in 2019, NIO Chairman Li Bin said, “Because the JAC NIO plant's production capacity plan is only 100,000 vehicles, which cannot meet future production capacity requirements, the construction of a second manufacturing base is an issue that NIO needs to consider next.”

According to the latest delivery data released by NIO, NIO delivered a total of 7007 new cars in December, an increase of 32.4%; in the fourth quarter of 2020, NIO delivered a total of 17,353 units, up 42.2% month-on-month, up 111.0% year on year; in 2020, 43,728 units were delivered, up 112.6% year on year, and 75,641 units have been delivered since June 2018.