NIO is off to a strong start in 2026 — well, covering the first half of the year already! The company scored 40,597 deliveries in June, up 62.9% from June 2025. That was also a 7.7% increase month over month. Note that static versions of the embedded charts are included at the bottom of this article. Looking across the second quarter as a whole, sales were up 49.4%. The company had 107,658 deliveries in the quarter. Looking across the first half of the year as a whole, the company had 191,123 deliveries. That’s a 67.4% increase year over year. So, clearly, the company is doing well in 2026. Its cumulative lifetime deliveries reached 1,188,715 at the end of June. As far as the June delivery split, this is how the numbers broke out by brand: 21,908 vehicles — NIO brand 11,743 vehicles — ONVO brand 6,946 vehicles — FIREFLY brand The Chinese EV company had a few other things from the month that it wanted to boast about as well: “On June 18, 2026, the Company rolled out the latest version of NIO WorldModel, providing upgrades to over 700,000 users simultaneously. NIO became the industry’s first to achieve parallel development and synchronized releases of intelligent driving systems across general-purpose chip platforms and in-house chip platforms. The latest version introduces an upgraded three-layer training framework comprising world model, supervised fine-tuning, and closed-loop reinforcement learning, marking further improvements in adaptability to complex scenarios, human-like behavior, and the balance between safety and efficiency. “On June 22, 2026, the NIO All-New ES8 achieved cumulative deliveries of 120,000 units, reinforcing its strong delivery performance in China’s premium segment priced above RMB400,000. In addition, the NIO All-New ES8 Five-Seat Version has arrived at showrooms and commenced presales on June 28, 2026. Building on the validated next-generation, all-scenario product capabilities of the NIO All-New ES8, it is expected to further strengthen its position in the premium five-seat SUV segment. “On June 26, 2026, the NIO ES9 achieved 10,000 cumulative deliveries within 30 days after it commenced deliveries on May 28, setting a new delivery record among premium battery electric vehicles priced above RMB500,000 in China. The NIO brand continues to maintain a leading position in the premium SUV market.” It’s hard not to feel excited about what NIO is doing.