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description: "$NIO Inc(NIO.US) As I said, the automotive supply chain has no magic; just because you are Xiaomi doesn't mean you can drive prices down. It's simply about choosing tier-3 suppliers to cut costs. There is no such thing as being both cheap and good. This time, the N90's battery uses cells from Zhongchuang Xinghang, which recently had a major scandal—a tier-3 battery manufacturer. The world always gives you what you pay for. In an era where overall automotive profit margins are squeezed to around 3%, no one can work miracles."
datetime: "2026-07-30T15:57:01.000Z"
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# $NIO Inc(NIO.US) As I said, the automotive supply …


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## Comments (13)

- **开EC6的蔚来股东 · 2026-07-31T04:46:16.000Z**: The interior design resembles the previous generation Li Auto L9, and the material quality is something I haven't experienced before. Its main feature is the long sliding rail; compared to the current 9-series from Nio, XPeng, and Li Auto, it has no other advantages. From a standalone product perspe
- **mc.c · 2026-07-31T01:24:27.000Z**: Tell me how their prices are
  - **CGM18** (2026-07-31T01:57:54.000Z): Many of the battery cells used in the models available here were temporarily substituted by it during the severe battery shortage a few years ago. After their supply chains normalized, many manufactur
  - **CGM18** (2026-07-31T01:58:52.000Z): If it were truly that powerful, the Hong Kong stock market wouldn't have crashed so hard today.
  - **mc.c** (2026-07-31T02:42:59.000Z): What do you mean 'temporary'? Can you be normal? So you can still join temporarily?
- **佳晴Ai · 2026-07-31T00:10:19.000Z**: Forget it, their advantage is integrating the supply chain. Isn't that just how Xiaomi phones do it? They've been in the top three globally for several years now.
- **为发烧而生 · 2026-07-30T18:07:30.000Z**: Xiaomi's hardware profit margin is controlled within 1%
  - **CGM18** (2026-07-30T18:12:46.000Z): Born for enthusiasts, not to burn out your brain. They claim their own phone business accounts for no more than 5%, because the phone terminal can make money by watching software, but this logic is al