Who owns Onvo? The ownership chain, NIO's stake and the 2024 deal
Facts checked Chinese holding 100%
Onvo is Chinese. It is NIO's family-car brand, launched in 2024 to sell below the NIO badge while sharing the same battery-swap network.
NIO Inc. launched Onvo as its second marque on 15 May 2024, opening pre-sales of the L60 SUV at RMB 219,900 the same day. Onvo is a brand of NIO Inc., not a separate company with outside shareholders, and NIO reports its deliveries within its own totals.
The chain, step by step
L'imad owns CYVN Holdings at 100% since January 2026.
L'imad wholly owns CYVN Investments, the entity that holds the NIO shares, following the January 2026 reorganisation of Abu Dhabi's holdings.
CYVN Holdings holds a stake in NIO at 20.1% since 27 December 2023.
CYVN Investments RSC Ltd of Abu Dhabi built its holding through an investment of about US$1.1 billion completed in July 2023 and a US$2.2 billion share subscription that closed on 27 December 2023 under an agreement dated 18 December 2023. Its Schedule 13D/A filed on 28 February 2024 reports 418,833,157 NIO Class A ordinary shares as of 26 February 2024 — 21.7% of the Class A shares and about 20.1% of all ordinary shares outstanding — with sole voting power over all of them. CYVN appointed two directors to NIO's board on 7 February 2024.
| Holder | Holds | Kind | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'imad | CYVN Holdings | owns | 100% | January 2026 |
| CYVN Holdings | NIO | holds a stake in | 20.1% | 27 December 2023 |
| NIO | Onvo | controls | controls | 15 May 2024 |
Onvo: questions people ask
- What is Onvo?
- Onvo is the second car brand of NIO Inc., launched on 15 May 2024. It sells family-sized battery-electric cars priced below NIO's own models, starting with the L60 SUV.
- Who owns Onvo?
- NIO Inc. Onvo is one of NIO's three marques, alongside NIO itself and the small-car brand Firefly; it is not a separate company with its own outside shareholders.
- What does Onvo mean in Chinese?
- The Chinese name is 乐道 (Lèdào): 乐 is 'joy' and 道 is 'way' or 'road', so roughly 'the joyful road'. The Latin word Onvo is coined and has no separate meaning.
- Is Onvo sold outside China?
- Barely. It is sold mainly in China; NIO has announced Onvo for distributor-run markets including Uzbekistan and Costa Rica. It has never been sold in the United States.
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Sources for Onvo
- CnEVPost, Nio formally launches Onvo sub-brand, 1st model L60 starts pre-sale. Read .
- CnEVPost, Nio Dec 2025 deliveries: Nio brand 31,897, Onvo 9,154, Firefly 7,084. Read .
- NIO, NIO Achieves 100 Million Battery Swaps. Read .
- CnEVPost, Nio plans expansion into Singapore, Uzbekistan and Costa Rica. Read .
- Wikipedia, List of automobile manufacturers of China. Read . Onvo listed as a NIO brand.
- CnEVPost, Abu Dhabi merges CYVN's stake in Nio into new state-owned fund L'imad. Read .
- CYVN Investments RSC Ltd / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Schedule 13D/A (Amendment No. 3) — NIO Inc., filed by CYVN Investments RSC Ltd. Read .
- NIO Inc. / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, NIO Inc. Provides December, Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Delivery Update (Form 6-K, Exhibit 99.1). Read . NIO reports ONVO deliveries as one of its three brands.