About five years ago I was in Beijing checking out Nio, the electric carmaker, and its then China-only vehicles. Fast-forward to today, however, and I'm in Berlin, Germany, for the opening of the Nio Innovation Center, marking a major step in the company's expansion into Europe. In the near future there will be Nio EVs in the UK, too, although there's no official comment stating exactly when that will be.
I can't wait, though, as this is a car company that does things a little differently (I'm sat in Berlin's Nio House writing this very article, for example, which you can think of as a social space and cafe – they do a darn good cappuccino – not just a showroom to sell cars). You won't get one of those spaces when buying a Tesla.
