News said that NIO plans to introduce strategic investors to its chip self-developed department, and will set up a project entity in the future – Passionategeekz

Passionategeekz On June 18, LatePost quoted multiple independent sources today saying that NIO intends to introduce strategic investors to its chip-related businesses.

News says that the team of NIO chips is currently developingExist in the form of a business unitthe project entity is planned to be established in the subsequent plan. NIO plans to sell a small amount of equity to strategic investors, but will continue to maintain control over the project entity. Relevant people responded to this:It’s guesswork。

An industry insider speculated on the equity structure after financing, and believed thatThere are two possibilities: First, only external funds are introduced, and the equity of the project entity is held by both the main body of NIO and external investors.The chip self-developed team remains in the NIO system; Second, establish an employee stock ownership platform to work with NIO corporate entities and external investorsShared by all equity shares of the project entityrealize de facto business spin-off. The final implementation plan still needs further consultation and determination by all parties.

As of now, NIO has launched two self-developed chip products, namely the lidar main control chip “Yang Jian” and the intelligent assisted driving chip “Shenji NX9031”. The latter is regarded as the most important work result of the self-developed team of NIO chips so far, and has been mass-produced and equipped on a variety of models such as NIO ET9, 2025 NIO ES6 and EC6.

According to the plan, NIO management will complete organizational structure adjustments in stages: it is expected that by the end of the second quarter of this year, 60% to 70% will be adjusted in place. After continuing to deepen in the third quarter, about 80% to 90% will be adjusted in place. Li Bin explained that this move is to comprehensively increase sales and gross profit margins and optimize expense control to achieve overall operating goals.

According to previous reports from Passionategeekz, Li Bin mentioned again in his speech this month that NIO will achieve profitability in the fourth quarter of this year. He said that in 2025, NIO will be inProduct technology, infrastructure and other aspects usher in a harvest periodDuring this period of time, it becomes very important whether business management can keep up.

In addition, Li Bin also said at the China Electric Vehicle 100 Forum earlier this year, “NIO’s chips and operating systems are open to the entire industry. If you want to buy the best chips, you can findNIO.”

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