# Novelis signs aluminum supply agreement with NIO for electric vehicles

Novelis has signed an agreement with Munich-based car company NIO to provide aluminum solutions for its fleet of electric vehicles. NIO will use Novelis Advanz aluminum alloys for structural components in its electric SUV models to be launched over the next five years. Supply will come from Novelis' Changzhou plant in China.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-03-01
- Where: Changzhou, China
- Status: announced
- Products: aluminum alloys for automotive structural components
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Novelis](https://endata.com/companies/2475.md) (supplier)
- [NIO](https://endata.com/companies/22544.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [cra-recycle.org](https://www.cra-recycle.org/2017/03/novelis-expands-automotive-capabilities-in-electric-vehicle-market/), 2017-03-01: "This seminal relationship with NIO is pushing the limits of what is possible with electric vehicles from both a performance and design standpoint."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.