UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of November 2021
Commission File Number: 001-38638
(Registrant’s Name)
Building 20, 56 Antuo Road
Jiading District, Shanghai 201804
People’s Republic of China
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Current Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement on Form F-3 of NIO Inc. (File No. 333-239047), and shall be a part thereof from the date on which this Current Report is furnished, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
Exhibit 99.1
INDEX TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | |
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Notes to Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | F-8 |
F-1
NIO INC.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
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ASSETS |
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Inventory |
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Property, plant and equipment, net |
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Intangible assets, net |
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Land use rights, net |
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Long-term investments |
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Amounts due from related parties |
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Right-of-use assets – operating lease | | | | |||
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Expected credit loss provision – non-current | ( | ( | ( | |||
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Total assets |
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LIABILITIES |
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Taxes payable |
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Current portion of operating lease liabilities | | | | |||
Current portion of long-term borrowings |
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Accruals and other liabilities |
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Total current liabilities |
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Total liabilities |
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Commitments and contingencies (Note 24) |
F-2
NIO INC.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
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MEZZANINE EQUITY | ||||||
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Less: Treasury shares ( |
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Additional paid in capital |
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
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Accumulated deficit |
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Total NIO Inc. shareholders’ equity |
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Non-controlling interests |
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Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-3
NIO INC.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
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Revenue: |
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Total cost of sales |
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Gross profit |
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Other operating (loss)/income, net | ( | | | |||
Total operating expenses |
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Loss from operations |
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Interest income |
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Share of (losses)/profits of equity investees, net of tax |
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Other income, net |
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Loss before income tax expense |
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Income tax expense |
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Net loss |
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Accretion on redeemable non-controlling interests to redemption value |
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Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests |
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Net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of NIO Inc. |
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Net loss |
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Other comprehensive income/(losses) |
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Total other comprehensive income/(losses) |
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Total comprehensive loss |
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Accretion on redeemable non-controlling interests to redemption value |
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Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests |
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Comprehensive loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of NIO Inc |
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Weighted average number of ordinary shares used in computing net loss per share |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-4
NIO INC.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) / EQUITY
(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
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Ordinary Shares | Treasury Shares | Paid in | Comprehensive | Accumulated | Shareholders’ | Controlling | Total | |||||||||||||
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Balance as of December 31, 2019 |
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Cumulative effect of adoption of new accounting standard |
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Accretion on redeemable non-controlling interests to redemption value | — | — | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | — | ( | ||||||||||
Issuance of ordinary shares |
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Vesting of restricted shares |
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Balance as of September 30, 2020 |
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F-5
NIO INC.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT) / EQUITY
(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
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Ordinary Shares | Treasury Shares | Paid in | Comprehensive | Accumulated | Shareholders’ | Controlling | Total | |||||||||||||
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Balance as of December 31, 2020 |
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Accretion on redeemable non-controlling interests to redemption value |
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Settlement of capped call options and zero strike call options (Note 11(ii)) | — | — | ( | ( | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
Conversion of convertible senior notes to ordinary shares - related parties | | | — | — | | — | — | | — | | ||||||||||
Conversion of convertible senior notes to ordinary shares -third party | | | — | — | | — | — | | — | |||||||||||
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Net loss |
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Balance as of September 30, 2021 |
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F-6
NIO INC.
UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
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Note 2(e) | ||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
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Gain from the re-measurement for an equity investment to cost method |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Inventory |
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Other non-current assets |
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Amount due from related parties | — | ( | ( | |||
Operating lease liabilities | ( | ( | ( | |||
Taxes payable |
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Trade and notes receivable |
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
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Purchases of short-term investments |
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Proceeds from sale of short-term investments |
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Acquisitions of equity investees |
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Purchase of available-for-sale debt investments |
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Net cash used in investing activities |
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
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Capital injection from non-controlling interests | — | | | |||
Redemption and repurchase of redeemable non-controlling interests | ( | ( | ( | |||
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Accretion on redeemable non-controlling interests to redemption value | | | | |||
Supplemental Disclosure |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
F-7
NIO INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
1. Organization and Nature of Operations
NIO Inc. (“NIO”, or “the Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands in November 2014, as an exempted company with limited liability. The Company was formerly known as NextCar Inc.. It changed its name to NextEV Inc. in December 2014, and then changed to NIO Inc. in July 2017. The Company, its subsidiaries and consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”) are collectively referred to as the “Group”.
The Group designs and develops high-performance fully electric vehicles. It launched the first volume manufactured electric vehicle, the ES8, to the public in December 2017. The Group jointly manufactures its vehicles through strategic collaboration with other Chinese vehicle manufacturers. The Group also offers power solutions and comprehensive value-added services to its users. As of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2021, its primary operations are conducted in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). The Group began to sell its first vehicles in June 2018. As of September 30, 2021, the Company’s principal subsidiaries and VIEs are as follows:
| Equity |
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NIO NextEV Limited ("NIO HK") (formerly known as NextEV Limited) |
| Hong Kong, February 2015 |
| Investment holding | ||
NIO GmbH (formerly known as NextEV GmbH) |
| Germany, May 2015 |
| Design and technology development | ||
NIO Holding Co., Ltd. ("NIO Holding") (formerly known as NIO (Anhui) HoldingCo., Ltd.) | Anhui, PRC, November 2017 | Headquarter | ||||
NIO Co., Ltd. ("NIO SH") (formerly known as NextEV Co., Ltd.) | Shanghai, PRC, May 2015 |
| Headquarter and technology development | |||
NIO Automobile (Anhui) Co., Ltd. ("NIO AH") | Anhui, PRC, August 2020 | Industrialization and technology development | ||||
NIO Automobile Technology (Anhui) Co., | Anhui, PRC, August 2020 | Design and technology development | ||||
NIO Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. ("NIO Leasing") | Shanghai, PRC, August 2018 | Financial Leasing | ||||
NIO USA, Inc. ("NIO US") (formerly known as NextEV USA, Inc.) | United States, November 2015 | Technology development | ||||
XPT Limited (“XPT”) |
| Hong Kong, December 2015 |
| Investment holding | ||
NIO Performance Engineering Limited ("NPE") |
| United Kingdom, July 2019 |
| Marketing and technology development | ||
NIO Sport Limited ("NIO Sport") (formerly known as NextEV NIO Sport Limited) | Hong Kong, April 2016 | Racing management | ||||
XPT Technology Limited ("XPT Technology") |
| Hong Kong, April 2016 |
| Investment holding | ||
XPT Inc. ("XPT US") |
| United States, April 2016 |
| Technology development | ||
XPT (Jiangsu) Investment Co., Ltd. (“XPT Jiangsu”) |
| Jiangsu, PRC, May 2016 |
| Investment holding | ||
Shanghai XPT Technology Limited |
| Shanghai, PRC, May 2016 |
| Technology development | ||
XPT (Nanjing) E-Powertrain Technology Co., Ltd. (“XPT NJEP”) |
| Nanjing, PRC, July 2016 |
| Manufacturing of E-Powertrain | ||
XPT (Nanjing) Energy Storage System Co., Ltd. (“XPT NJES”) |
| Nanjing, PRC, October 2016 |
| Manufacturing of battery pack | ||
NIO Power Express Limited (“PE HK) |
| Hong Kong, January 2017 |
| Investment holding | ||
Nio User Enterprise Limited (“UE HK”) |
| Hong Kong, February 2017 |
| Investment holding | ||
NIO Sales and Services Co., Ltd. ("UE CNHC") (formerly known as Shanghai NIO Sales and Service Co., Ltd. ) |
| Shanghai, PRC, March 2017 |
| Investment holding and sales and after sales management | ||
NIO Energy Investment (Hubei) Co., Ltd. (“PE CNHC”) |
| Wuhan PRC, April 2017 |
| Investment holding | ||
Wuhan NIO Energy Co., Ltd. (“PE WHJV”) |
| Wuhan, PRC, May 2017 |
| Investment holding | ||
XTRONICS (Nanjing) Automotive Intelligent Technologies Co. Ltd. (“XPT NJWL”) |
| Nanjing, PRC, June 2017 |
| Manufacturing of components | ||
XPT (Jiangsu) Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. (“XPT AUTO”) |
| Nanjing, PRC, May 2018 |
| Investment holding |
| Economic |
| Place and Date of incorporation | |
VIE and VIE’s subsidiaries | interest held | or date of acquisition | ||
Prime Hubs Limited (“Prime Hubs”) |
| BVI, October 2014 | ||
Beijing NIO Network Technology Co., Ltd. (“NIO BJTECH”) |
| Beijing, PRC, July 2017 |
As of September 30, 2021, the Company indirectly held
As of September 30, 2021, the Company indirectly held
F-8
NIO INC.
NOTES TO UNAUDITED INTERIM CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
In accordance with the Article of Association of XPT NJWL, the Company has the power to control the board of directors of XPT NJWL to unilaterally govern the financial and operating policies of XPT NJWL and the non-controlling shareholder does not have substantive participating rights, therefore, the Group consolidates this entity.
Variable interest entity
NIO Technology Co., Ltd (“NIO SHTECH”) was established by Li Bin and Qin Lihong (the “Nominee Shareholders”) in November 2014. In 2015, NIO SH, NIO SHTECH, and the Nominee Shareholders of NIO SHTECH entered into a series of contractual agreements, including a loan agreement, an equity pledge agreement, an exclusive call option agreement and a power of attorney that irrevocably authorized the Nominee Shareholders designated by NIO SH to exercise the equity owner’s rights over NIO SHTECH. These agreements provided the Company, as the only shareholder of NIO SH, with effective control over NIO SHTECH to direct the activities that most significantly impact NIO SHTECH’s economic performance and enabled the Company to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits arising from NIO SHTECH. Management concluded that NIO SHTECH was a variable interest entity of the Company and the Company was the ultimate primary beneficiary of NIO SHTECH and hence consolidated the financial results of NIO SHTECH in the Group’s consolidated financial statements. In April 2018, the above mentioned contractual agreements were terminated. On the same day, NIO SHTECH became a subsidiary wholly owned by Shanghai Anbin Technology Co., Ltd. (“NIO ABTECH”), who also became a VIE of the Group on that day, according to a series of contractual arrangements with the Nominee Shareholders as well as NIO ABTECH, including a loan agreement, an equity pledge agreement, an exclusive call option agreement and a power of attorney that irrevocably authorized the Nominee Shareholders designated by NIO SH to exercise the equity owner’s rights over NIO ABTECH. These agreements provided the Company, as the only shareholder of NIO SH, with effective control over NIO ABTECH to direct the activities that most significantly impact their economic performance and enabled the Company to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits arising from them. Management concluded that NIO ABTECH was a variable interest entity of the Company and the Company was the ultimate primary beneficiary of NIO ABTECH and hence consolidated the financial results of NIO ABTECH in the Group’s consolidated financial statements. On March 31, 2021, NIO SH, NIO ABTECH and each shareholder of NIO ABTECH entered into agreement to terminate all above mentioned contractual agreements among NIO SH, NIO ABTECH and its shareholders, after which, the Company no longer has effective control over NIO ABTECH, receives any economic benefits of NIO ABTECH, has an exclusive option to purchase all or part of the equity interests in NIO ABTECH when and to the extent permitted by the PRC law, or consolidates the financial results of NIO ABTECH and its subsidiaries as the Company’s variable interest entity. Since NIO SHTECH did not have significant operations, nor any material assets or liabilities in history, the deconsolidation of NIO ABTECH and its subsidiaries did not have significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In April 2018, NIO SH entered into a series of contractual arrangements with the Nominee Shareholders as well as NIO BJTECH, including a loan agreement, an equity pledge agreement, an exclusive call option agreement and a power of attorney that irrevocably authorized the Nominee Shareholders designated by NIO SH to exercise the equity owner’s rights over NIO BJTECH. These agreements provide the Company, as the only shareholder of NIO SH, with effective control over NIO BJTECH to direct the activities that most significantly impact their economic performance and enable the Company to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits arising from NIO BJTECH. Management concluded that NIO BJTECH is a variable interest entity of the Company and the Company is the ultimate primary beneficiary of NIO BJTECH and hence consolidates the financial results of NIO BJTECH in the Group’s consolidated financial statements. As of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2021, NIO BJTECH did not have significant operations, nor any material assets or liabilities.
In October 2014, Prime Hubs, a British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) incorporated company and a consolidated variable interest entity of the Group, was established by the shareholders of the Group to facilitate the adoption of the Company’s employee stock incentive plans. The Company entered into a management agreement with Prime Hubs and Li Bin. The agreement provides the Company with effective control over Prime Hubs and enables the Company to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits arising from Prime Hubs. As of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2021, Prime Hubs held
Liquidity and Going Concern
The Group’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the Group will continue in operation for the foreseeable future and, accordingly, will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of operations as they come due.
The Group has been incurring losses from operations since inception. The Group incurred net losses of RMB
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(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
As of September 30, 2021, the Group’s balance of cash and cash equivalents was RMB
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(a) Basis of presentation
The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the Group have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”). Significant accounting policies followed by the Group in the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements are summarized below. The interim financial data as of September 30, 2021 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2021 is unaudited. In the opinion of management, the interim financial data includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to a fair statement of the results for the interim periods.
(b) Principles of consolidation
The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its subsidiaries and the VIE for which the Company is the ultimate primary beneficiary.
A subsidiary is an entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, controls more than one half of the voting power; has the power to appoint or remove the majority of the members of the board of directors (the “Board”): to cast majority of votes at the meeting of the Board or to govern the financial and operating policies of the investee under a statute or agreement among the shareholders or equity holders.
A VIE is an entity in which the Company, or its subsidiary, through contractual arrangements, bears the risks of, and enjoys the rewards normally associated with, ownership of the entity, and therefore the Company or its subsidiary is the primary beneficiary of the entity.
All significant transactions and balances between the Company, its subsidiaries and the VIE have been eliminated upon consolidation. The non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries are shown separately in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
(c) Use of estimates
The preparation of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date, and the reported revenue and expenses during the reported period in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Group’s consolidated financial statements mainly include, but are not limited to, standalone selling price of each distinct performance obligation in revenue recognition, the valuation and recognition of share-based compensation arrangements, depreciable lives of property, equipment and software, assessment for impairment of long-lived assets, inventory valuation for excess and obsolete inventories, lower of cost and net realizable value of inventories, valuation of deferred tax assets, current expected credit loss of receivables, as well as warranty liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
(d) Functional currency and foreign currency translation
The Group’s reporting currency is the Renminbi (“RMB”). The functional currency of the Company and its subsidiaries which are incorporated in HK is United States dollars (“US$”), except NIO Sport which operates mainly in United Kingdom and uses Great Britain pounds (“GBP”). The functional currencies of the other subsidiaries and the VIE are their respective local currencies. The determination of the respective functional currency is based on the criteria set out by ASC 830, Foreign Currency Matters.
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(All amounts in thousands, except for share and per share data)
Transactions denominated in currencies other than in the functional currency are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the transaction dates. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into functional currency using the applicable exchange rates at the balance sheet date. Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in foreign currency are re-measured using the exchange rates at the dates of the initial transactions. Exchange gains or losses arising from foreign currency transactions are included in the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss.
The financial statements of the Group’s entities of which the functional currency is not RMB are translated from their respective functional currency into RMB. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into RMB at the exchange rates at the balance sheet date. Equity accounts other than earnings generated in current period are translated into RMB at the appropriate historical rates. Income and expense items are translated into RMB using the periodic average exchange rates. The resulting foreign currency translation adjustments are recorded in other comprehensive loss in the consolidated statements of comprehensive gain or loss, and the accumulated foreign currency translation adjustments are presented as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss in the consolidated statements of shareholders’ (deficit)/equity. Total foreign currency translation adjustment income/(losses) were an income of RMB
(e) Convenience translation
Translations of balances in the consolidated balance sheets, consolidated statements of comprehensive loss and consolidated statements of cash flows from RMB into US$ as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 are solely for the convenience of the reader and were calculated at the rate of US$1.00 = RMB