NIO officially announced that NIO Day 2026 will be held in Wuhan, and is expected to launch the latest products and technologies

IT House reported on July 18 that tonight, NIO officially announced that the results of the city bidding for NIO Day 2026 were released. Wuhan ranked first among the three cities with 178,854,028 votes, becoming the host city of NIO Day 2026 jointly decided by NIO community users. IT House noticed that NIO Day’s bid cities this year include: Changchun, Chongqing, Harbin, Jinan, Nanjing, Qingdao, Wuhan, and Xiamen. In the end, Harbin, Wuhan, and Xiamen were shortlisted for the final voting stage. Currently, NIO officials have not announced the specific date and content of NIO Day 2026. According to past practice, this event is expected to bring major product releases. Since 2017, NIO Day has been held for nine times. The main releases of each session are as follows: 2017: The first NIO Day, held in Beijing, released the first model - the flagship SUV ES8, as well as the NIO Pilot assisted driving system, NOMI on-board "artificial intelligence" system, and electric energy service system NIO Power 2018: held in Shanghai, released the new model - the mid-sized SUV ES6, and the six-seat version of the flagship SUV ES8 2019: Held in Shenzhen, the flagship SUV ES8 facelift model was released, as well as a new model - the coupe SUV EC6 2020: Held in Chengdu, a new model was released - the flagship sedan ET7, as well as a second-generation battery swap station, 150kWh solid-state battery, and NIO's full-stack intelligent driving technology NAD 2021: Held in Suzhou, a new model was released - the mid-sized sedan ET5, as well as two 7kW and 11kW DC charging piles 2022: Held in Hefei, two new models were released - the medium and large coupe SUV EC7, the new generation flagship SUV ES8 (second generation), and the third generation battery swap station 2023: Held in Xi'an, the new executive flagship sedan ET9, 640kW all-electric