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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-269093
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180907

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NIO Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001736541
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MOTOR VEHICLES & PASSENGER CAR BODIES [3711]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BUILDING 20, NO. 56 ANTUO ROAD
		STREET 2:		ANTING TOWN, JIADING DISTRICT
		CITY:			SHANGHAI
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			201804
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(86)(21)69083306

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BUILDING 20, NO. 56 ANTUO ROAD
		STREET 2:		ANTING TOWN, JIADING DISTRICT
		CITY:			SHANGHAI
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			201804
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">AFFILIATE OFFICES</P>
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Nguyen Parker </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ms.&nbsp;Sonia Bednarowski </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;Doug
Jones </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ms.&nbsp;Theresa Brilliant </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office of Transportation
and Leisure </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street, NE </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>NIO Inc. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-1</FONT> (Registration No. 333-226822) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Response to the Comment Letter Dated September 5,
2018&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Parker, Ms.&nbsp;Bednarowski,
Mr.&nbsp;Jones, and Ms.&nbsp;Brilliant: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On behalf of our client, NIO Inc., a company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the
&#147;Company&#148;), we submit to the staff (the &#147;Staff&#148;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) this letter setting forth the Company&#146;s response to the comment contained in the Staff&#146;s letter
dated September 5, 2018. Concurrently with the submission of this letter, the Company is filing Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) via EDGAR to the Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To facilitate your review, we have separately delivered to you today four courtesy copies of the Registration Statement, marked to show
changes to the Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to registration statement filed on August&nbsp;31, 2018. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company will file the joint acceleration
requests today to request that the Staff declare the effectiveness of the Registration Statement on September 11, 2018. The Company would greatly appreciate the Staff&#146;s continued assistance and support in meeting its timetable. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">September 7, 2018 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"> Page
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Staff&#146;s comments are repeated below in bold and are followed by the Company&#146;s
responses. We have included page references in the Registration Statement where the language addressing a particular comment appears. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Registration Statement.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">F-1</FONT> </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Risk Factors </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Risk Factors Relating to Our
ADSs and This Offering </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>ADS Holders may not be entitled to a jury trial with respect to claims, page 57 </U></B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>We note that Section&nbsp;7.6 of your deposit agreement filed as Exhibit 4.3, provides that &#147;[t]he fees
of the arbitrator and other costs incurred by the parties in connection with such Arbitration shall be paid by the party or parties that is (are) unsuccessful in such Arbitration.&#148; Please revise this risk factor and the disclosure in your
&#145;Jurisdiction and Arbitration&#148; section on page 196 to describe the fee shifting provision and to address the risk to investors associated with this provision. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In response to the Staff&#146;s comment, the Company has updated disclosure relating to the fee shifting provision on pages 60 and 196. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Business </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Our Power Solutions </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Power Express and Other Power Solutions, page 126 </U></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>We note your revised disclosure that you have entered into a framework agreement with the State Grid
Corporation of China with the aim of expanding the network of publicly accessible charging piles through technology and business model innovations in a collaborative way. If this agreement is material to your business, please describe the material
terms of the agreement. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company respectfully advises the Staff that the Company does not consider this framework
agreement as material to its business, because this framework agreement does not impose any material obligations on the Company and only sets forth certain long-term strategic cooperation principles for cooperation between the State Grid Cooperation
of China and the Company. Furthermore, the actual implementation of such principles would likely require the parties to enter into supplemental agreements covering specific areas of cooperation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In response to the Staff&#146;s comment, the Company has added disclosure relating to the framework agreement on page 127. </P>
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undersigned by phone at +852 3740-4863 or via <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">e-mail</FONT> at julie.gao@skadden.com. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Z. Julie Gao</P></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Bin Li, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NIO Inc. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Louis T. Hsieh, Chief Financial Officer, NIO Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Will H. Cai, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp; Flom LLP </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Geoffrey Wang, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Allen Wang, Partner, Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins </P>
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