NIO has opened a brand new Innovation Middle in one of many hearts of Europe — Berlin, Germany. “In response to the necessity for software program that’s central to the consumer expertise, the Berlin Innovation Middle will likely be liable for the event of recent applied sciences and its respective localisation, testing and validation in Europe,” Inexperienced Automobile Congress writes.

“NIO’s new Innovation Middle would be the house for 5 groups together with Digital Methods, Digital Growth, Digital Cockpit, Autonomous Driving (AD) and Energy. NIO’s Energy infrastructure in Europe may have its R&D hub within the Innovation Middle too, with a concentrate on Energy Grid Service, and it’ll additionally act because the operational management centre for all European Energy Swap Stations.”

It’s an attention-grabbing growth. NIO has large innovation work and workers already in China. The brand new middle in Berlin may serve a couple of functions, although. To start with, there’s an excellent expertise pool and tons of tech innovation in Berlin, so NIO may very well be seeking to faucet into that tradition and neighborhood. Moreover, European vehicles want totally different stuff generally, and totally different options and designs. So, having an innovation base in Germany is smart for engaged on these modifications and totally different growth. NIO may additionally be centered on creating extra of a connection to European markets and stimulating gross sales, presuming that opening an innovation middle there’ll assist with that.

“As of July 2023, NIO has greater than 10,000 R&D personnel, with the bulk specialised in software program growth throughout three totally different continents. With the opening of the Innovation Middle in Berlin, NIO will proceed to hunt new expertise for its totally different groups, benefiting from the German capital being such a powerful know-how hub.”

Or possibly it’s a distraction? No, that doesn’t make sense. Nevertheless, there’s some much less optimistic new about NIO leaking out. Reportedly, the corporate has needed to delay its in-house battery manufacturing. “Nio has delayed plans to mass-produce its in-house developed batteries and can transfer ahead with the challenge on a brand new timeline, native media outlet 36kr reported,” Batteries Information writes. “Based mostly on the newest plan, Nio has slowed down among the gear purchases for its battery manufacturing unit, the report mentioned, citing a number of business chain sources accustomed to the matter.”

CEO, founder, and chairman William Li notes that NIO’s battery workforce is already 400 folks robust. The battery manufacturing unit will toughen these numbers … when it’s lastly constructed and working. Finally, when it will get to that time, the battery manufacturing unit will be capable of produce 40 GWh per 12 months of power storage capability, or sufficient batteries for about 400,000 electrical autos

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