He charges electric cars like no other in the world. The Chinese giant will build the first European factory next to Slovakia – FonTech

The expansion of the Chinese electric car manufacturer NIO into Europe continues. After reports of expanding the business to Norway, where the carmaker is already building its showrooms, but also innovative battery exchange stations, more news is coming, which this time concerns our northern neighbor.

It is the NIO that will build a new factory for the production of electric cars in Poland, he warned Teslamagazín.sk. These plans are based on a job offer for the position of plant manager, which the carmaker published in its account on LinkedIn. With this step, NIO wants to ensure sufficient production capacity for expansion on the old continent.

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Chinese NIO expands to Poland

According to available information, the employee in the offered position, for which the company has already closed a tender in the meantime, will be in charge of creating and developing the company’s operating teams, as well as quality management, supply chain, warehouse and other requirements related to building a new factory. By expanding its production capacity, NIO can then respond more flexibly to the demand for its electric cars on the European market.

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In this respect, it currently sells its vehicles only in Norway, where it offers the ES8 model. However, it is also produced in domestic China and transported to the target market. Next year, the NIO will also bring its flagship sedan ET7 to Norway. However, the new Polish factory will help the carmaker reduce the costs of transporting electric cars, which it will already be able to produce directly in Europe.

The exact size of the future plant is not yet known, but it will be built in the Masovian Voivodeship, where Warsaw is also located. The carmaker did not disclose further detailed information about the factory. It is not yet known when he plans to start production and what models will be produced in Poland.

Another 5 European markets will come in a year

NIO chief William Li has confirmed that the company plans to enter at least another 5 European markets next year, informs Electrive.net. One of them will be Germany, but the company has not mentioned other markets yet.

In Germany, the company began looking for an executive director of business development in July, and later published several job offers in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where the European automaker center could be located.

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After the expansion of the NIO in 2019 was stopped by the financial crisis, the carmaker began to make up for lost time and is rapidly expanding its operations in Europe. In addition, it recently closed here as well strategic partnership with Shell in the area of ​​battery replacement stations.

They will also start developing cooperation in China, where they want to build up to 100 such exchange stations by 2025. They should cooperate in Europe as early as next year, when the first pilot projects start.