Nio shares climb 5.6% on report of more CATL reliance

[SINGAPORE] Shares of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio on the Singapore Exchange soared as much as 6.7 per cent on Monday (Dec 29) on the back of a report that it will be relying more on CATL batteries.

The counter climbed as high as US$5.29 as at 10.19 am on Monday, having closed on Dec 26 at US$4.96. It later pared some gains to close 5.6 per cent up at US$5.24.

Industry publication CnEVPost on Dec 27 said Nio had ended a battery supply agreement with BYD battery unit FinDreams, citing local publication 36Kr’s report based on industry sources.

These 85 kilowatt-hour (kWh) batteries had been meant for the L60 sports utility vehicle (SUV) sold by Nio’s Onvo brand, but orders had been reportedly insufficient to support multiple suppliers. Instead, the L60 will now use batteries from CATL, the world’s largest EV battery supplier.

The 100 kWh batteries meant for the Nio brand itself will now also be supplied by CATL, having previously been supplied partly by CALB, said CNEvPost.

CATL and Nio have worked together since Nio was founded in 2014, having been its primary battery supplier.

In 2020, the two companies established the joint venture Mirattery with other entities to handle Nio’s battery assets.

Mirattery itself completed a Series C funding round of nearly one billion yuan (S$183 million) in total on Friday, which followed a November Series C round worth 670 million yuan.

Nio on Monday hit a 40,000-deliveries milestone for its ES8 SUV, just 11 days after crossing the 30,000-deliveries mark. The third generation of the electric car model was launched just 100 days ago.

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In October, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC filed a lawsuit against Nio and its top executives, alleging that the electric vehicle manufacturer unlawfully recognised immediate revenue of more than US$600 million from a battery asset and leasing joint venture.

The company, in a bourse filing on Nov 25, reported a net loss of 3.5 billion yuan for its third quarter ended Jun 30, 2025.

This narrows its losses from 5.1 billion yuan in the corresponding year-ago period.