earnings from chinese electricvehicle maker nio were weaker than expected as costs rose faster than sales but delivery guidance for the fourth quarter should give weary investors some relief nio ticker nio reported thursday a thirdquarter pershare loss of 36 cents from sales of 183 billion wall street was looking for a loss of 29 cents from sales of 18 billion nio reported a loss of 25 cents a share from sales of 154 billion in the second quarter of 2022