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Nio ES8 Costs Rose Nearly $3,000 Amid Supply-Chain Squeeze, CEO Says | EV
Nio's ES8 production costs rose nearly $3,000 per unit due to supply-chain pressures, according to the CEO, signalling broader cost inflation across EV manufacturing in China's competitive market.
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The Wire takeaway
If you're selling components into EV makers—batteries, semiconductors, materials—Nio just admitted a $3,000 per-unit cost squeeze is real and unsolvable through their supply chain as-is. You're watching a margin crisis spread across the sector; buyers will soon need to redesign or cut SKUs.
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Topics: Electric Vehicles · ev-manufacturing · supply-chain-inflation · unit-economics · nio · china-auto