Deliveries at Nio, a leading Chinese electric-vehicle startup, plunged nearly 28 percent year on year to 3,667
The sales fall was mainly caused by an upgrade of the production lines at its plant in the east China city of Hefei which significantly impacted its output, the company said.
After completing the upgrade project, its production gradually recovered to the normal level in late October, it added.
Nio has launched sales of three products – the ES8 SUV, the ES6 crossover and the EC6 coupe-like crossover.
Last month, it delivered 218 ES8s, 2,528 ES6s and 921 EC6s.
For the first ten months, its cumulative sales reached 70,062, a jump of 123 percent from the same period last year.
In October, two other major Chinese EV startups – Xpeng and Li Auto – maintained robust sales growth.
In the month, deliveries at XPeng soared 233 percent to 10,138, with the year-to-date volume nearly quadrupling the tally a year earlier to 66,542.
Sales at Li Auto surged 107 percent to 7,649, with the year-to-date number spiking 188 percent to 62,919.