Santa Clara, California, October 22nd, 2022 — Telenav, a leading provider of in-vehicle navigation and cockpit entertainment solutions for global markets, today announced that NIO has selected Telenav as the navigation partner for its NIO-branded vehicle lineup outside of China, with the collaboration spanning key markets across Europe.
Telenav's Navigation SDK and Electronic Horizon Provider (EHP) solution will form the navigation backbone of NIO's overseas NIO-branded vehicles — giving NIO a single, unified way to build, maintain, and evolve its vehicle platforms across regions. The solution delivers robust connectivity, deep localization, and a scalable architecture engineered to adapt to diverse regulatory environments and service ecosystems.
"NIO has set the benchmark for premium electric mobility, and we're honored to be the navigation partner behind its global ambitions. This partnership is about more than maps — it is about giving NIO drivers across Europe a navigation experience that feels as premium, intuitive, and refined as the vehicles themselves," said Hassan Wahla, President & Chief Customer Officer, Automotive, at Telenav.
"Expanding into new markets demands navigation that understands local roads, local rules, and local drivers. Our Navigation SDK and EHP architecture lets NIO launch and iterate quickly in every new market while preserving the distinctive cockpit experience its users love," said Manfred Fu, General Manager, Automotive, at Telenav.
By pairing a high-performance embedded navigation engine with online content, region-specific services, and continuous data updates, Telenav's solution delivers dependable route guidance, fast and accurate destination search, and an interaction experience tuned to local driving habits.
The combined Navigation SDK and EHP architecture lets NIO accelerate feature launches for new markets and new models while keeping full control of its brand-specific interaction language and cockpit design. With multi-platform integration, unified service orchestration, and over-the-air updates, navigation becomes a seamless part of NIO's software-defined vehicle strategy — while reducing long-term operations and expansion costs.
The collaboration reflects a clear and complementary division of roles: NIO leads overall product definition, user experience design, and brand operations, while Telenav delivers navigation and EHP capabilities purpose-built for export programs, integrated with NIO's current and future platforms. NIO keeps its pace of innovation; Telenav supplies a mature, proven navigation foundation ready to deploy across regions.
As NIO rolls out NIO-branded vehicles into more global markets, the partnership will advance through multiple phases — from core capability delivery and localized data integration to joint validation and ongoing feature expansion — continuously raising the bar for navigation quality, localization, and operational efficiency for overseas users.
