ຄວາມຕ້ອງການຈະຍັງຄົງຢູ່, ບັນຫາແມ່ນຂຶ້ນກັບລະບົບຕ່ອງໂສ້ການສະຫນອງ

ປັກກິ່ງ - ເດັກນ້ອຍ‘s biggest challenge right now is making sure that supply chains are stable, CEO William Li told CNBC.

The Chinese electric carmaker has had to charge customers more due to soaring prices of raw materials.

When Covid controls in April prevented Nio’s from getting parts from suppliers, the company had to temporarily suspend production. But the company said it was able to restart some production a few days later.

Still, as of Thursday, Li still described the overall state of auto production in China as in the process of recovery while Shanghai and other parts of the country remain under Covid controls.

On the sales front, Li said he expects consumer demand for electric cars to persist — even if the Chinese government reduces subsidies or other policy support for the sector.

Nio delivered more than 5,000 cars in April despite Covid restrictions, albeit down sharply from nearly 10,000 vehicle deliveries in March.

ຍອດ​ຂາຍ​ລົດ​ໂດຍສານ​ໄດ້​ຫຼຸດ​ລົງ 35.5% ​ເມື່ອ​ທຽບ​ໃສ່​ໄລຍະ​ດຽວ​ກັນ​ຂອງ​ປີ​ກາຍ​ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ເມສາ, ​ແຕ່​ລົດ​ຍົນ​ພະລັງ​ງານ​ໃໝ່, ​ເຊິ່ງລວມທັງ​ລົດ​ໄຟຟ້າ​ທີ່​ໃຊ້​ແບັດ​ເຕີ​ຣີ, ​ໄດ້​ມີ​ຍອດ​ຂາຍ​ເພີ່ມ​ຂຶ້ນ 78.4%, ອີງ​ຕາມ​ສະມາຄົມ​ລົດ​ໂດຍສານ​ຈີນ.

Li, who is also Nio’s founder and chairman, was speaking in an interview with CNBC’s Emily Tan ahead of the company’s secondary listing in Singapore.

On Friday, Nio carried out a secondary listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange by way of introduction — which differs from an initial public offering as no new capital is raised and less paperwork is required.

Instead, the listing primarily allows investors to trade the company’s shares on an exchange other than the main trading venue.

But Li said Nio plans to export cars to Southeast Asia and open a research and development center in Singapore in the near future for artificial intelligence and autonomous driving. He did not provide specific dates.

So far, the company has focused much of its overseas expansion on Europe, primarily in Norway.

The start-up’s main trading venue remains the NYSE, where the company held its initial public offering in 2018.

U.S.-listed shares of Nio have climbed by about 150% since that IPO — a volatile three-plus years that’s included several quarterly plunges and one full year in 2020 that saw a surge of over 1,100%.