NIO Stock News: Nio Inc jumps higher as EV makers provide July delivery updates

NYSE:NIO kicked the month of August off on the front foot as the Chinese EV maker saw its stock reclaim the key $20.00 price level. On Monday, shares of Nio gained 2.28% and closed the first trading session of the month at $20.18. Stocks pulled back late in the day after closing out their strongest month since 2020. All three major indices dipped into the red in what was a mostly flat start to the month. Overall, the Dow Jones fell by 46 basis points, the S&P 500 dropped by 0.28%, and the NASDAQ inched lower by 0.18% during the session.

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Chinese EV makers hosted their vehicle delivery reports for the month of July during the Asian trading session. Nio managed to post a 26.7% year over year increase with a total delivery number of 10,052. While this figure grew from 2021, it actually fell on a sequential basis from the June delivery number of nearly 13,000, representing a 22% sequential decline. Both Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI) and XPeng (NYSE:XPEV) had a similar performance, improving from 2021 but coming in lower than in June. XPeng delivered 11,524 vehicles, the most out of the three companies.

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It is widely believed in China that Nio’s first foray into the smartphone industry will come as soon as 2023. Nio CEO William Li has noted that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) getting into the EV business with iPhone integration was a major reason why Nio decided to start developing a smartphone for its own electric vehicles. No official date has yet been released by Nio for the launch of its phone.