AI system
- System
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NIO World Model (NWM) emergency autonomous pull-over function within NIO's assisted-driving system
- Model
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Not assessed
- Release
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The first NIO World Model release, distributed from 30 May 2025. The installed build is not identified.
- Application developer
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NIO - Role
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The system detected that the driver was unresponsive and initiated an emergency pull-over, according to the owner’s account.
- Configuration
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NIO released the first NIO World Model to more than 400,000 cars using its Banyan platform on 30 May 2025.
- Inputs and outputs
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Not assessed
- Autonomy
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Not assessed
- Workflow
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The car was running the first NIO World Model (NWM) release with the “emergency autonomous pull-over” function, pushed to Banyan-platform cars from 30 May 2025. Assisted driving was engaged on a highway, the function's stated operating domain (highways and urban expressways). The assisted-driving system judged the driver unresponsive. He did not respond to the escalating alarms NIO describes. The pull-over and the SOS call therefore ran to completion.
- Human oversight
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Not assessed
- Relation to AI
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The NWM-based assisted-driving system judged the driver unresponsive, ran the emergency pull-over and placed the SOS call that woke him. The car was already under assisted driving. Its specific contribution was therefore taking the car out of the live lane and rousing the driver rather than keeping it in lane. The sequence is known only from the owner's video as relayed by independent outlets. NIO's founder confirmed the function's design. No telemetry, police report or third-party verification was published.
- AI contribution
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The NWM-based assisted-driving system judged the driver unresponsive, ran the emergency pull-over and placed the SOS call that woke him. The car was already under assisted driving. Its specific contribution was therefore taking the car out of the live lane and rousing the driver rather than keeping it in lane. The sequence is known only from the owner's video as relayed by independent outlets. NIO's founder confirmed the function's design. No telemetry, police report or third-party verification was published.
Benefits
- Outcome identifiers
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Not assessed
- Benefit
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Driver asleep at 110 km/h on a rainy highway; NIO's NWM emergency pull-over stopped the car and an SOS call woke him, 1 June 2025.
- Category
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Increased Product Safety
- Status
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Not assessed
- Beneficiary groups
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People.
- Beneficiaries
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Not assessed
- Reach
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Not assessed
- Distribution and access
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Not assessed
- Duration
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Not assessed
- Expected?
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Yes
- Costs and harms
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Not assessed
Measurement
- Studies
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Not assessed
- Study design
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Not assessed
- Measurement
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Not assessed
- Setting and sample
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Not assessed
- Measures
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Results
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Not assessed
- Additional value from AI
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Not assessed
- Limitations
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Not assessed
- Denominators
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Not assessed
- Materials for replication
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Not assessed
Money
- Kind of value
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Not assessed
- Amount
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Not assessed
- Currency and prices
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Not assessed
- Period and unit
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Not assessed
- Realization
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Not assessed
- Recipients and payers
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Not assessed
- Gross or net
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Not assessed
- Included costs
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Method
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Not assessed
- Return and payback
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Not assessed
People and places
- Participants
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Developer:
NIO. Operator: NIO. - Jurisdictions
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Developer:
China. Operator: China. - Ownership and control
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Not assessed
- Dependencies
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Not assessed
- Cross-border connections
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Not assessed
- Geopolitical implications
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Not assessed
Follow-up
- Conditions for replication
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Driver monitoring must detect an unresponsive driver. The road must offer a rightmost emergency lane to stop in. The SOS call needs working connectivity and a NIO emergency-response channel to reach the driver or a responder. NIO and its founder present the function as a safety net within assisted driving, not autonomous driving. The driver remains responsible for staying awake.
- Replication attempts
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Not assessed
- Later findings
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28 January 2026. NIO rolled out a major NWM update in January 2026 to more than 460,000 Banyan-system vehicles with Cedar and Cedar S models to follow; the report does not discuss the pull-over function itself.
- Availability
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Not assessed
- Institutional decision
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Not assessed
- Grounds
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Not assessed
- Action and result
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Not assessed
- Success criterion
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Not assessed
Evidence
- Source numbers
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AIBD-0133-source-0001–0006
- Citations
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Numbered references below.
- Language
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Not assessed
- Source relationships
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Independent
- Original evidence
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Not assessed
- Access and versions
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Not assessed
- Supported findings
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Not assessed
- Evidence links
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Not assessed
- Evidence strength
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Not assessed
- Missing evidence
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Not assessed
Grades
- Assessed benefits
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People.
- Depth
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People: 3.
- Reasons
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People: One identifiable driver, asleep at 110 km/h in rain on a highway, was brought to a stop and woken without a crash. The owner's account, as relayed by the outlets, calls it a rescue (“挽救”). The account does not establish that a crash was imminent.
- Observed or intended
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Not assessed
- Rubric
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Not assessed
- Assessor and date
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Not assessed
- Alternative assessments
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Not assessed
- Fill
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Independently reported
Entry details
- Kind
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Not assessed
- Related entries
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Not assessed
- Field
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Road vehicle crash avoidance. Consumer driver-assistance software on a privately owned vehicle.
- Purpose
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NIO's first NWM release, pushed to Banyan-platform cars from 30 May 2025, added an “emergency autonomous pull-over”. It works on a highway or urban expressway when the assisted-driving system detects an unresponsive driver. The car slows gradually, moves to the rightmost emergency lane, turns on its hazard lights and triggers an SOS call. CnEVPost notes that NIO cars previously could only decelerate and stop within the current lane. This event is that function doing what it was built to do.
- Dates
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Date basis unassessed: 2025 (precision unassessed). Updated: 21 October 2026.
- Stage
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Not assessed
- Version
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SHA-256: 13ec2ded5672…
References
- Other identifiers
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oecd_aim: 2025-05-30-3168.
- Category mappings
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Not assessed
- Brief
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Not assessed
- Revisions
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5 revisions. Latest: 21 October 2026.
Sources
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News report Independent author
快科技 / 驱动之家 (2025). 蔚来车主雨夜高速110km/h时速睡着触发紧急自主靠边停车 李斌：辅助驾驶不是自动驾驶. news.mydrivers.com.
他在6月1日凌晨12点开车睡着了，靠车辆自主靠边停车挽救
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News report Independent author
新浪科技 (闫妍), via 和讯网 (2025). 李斌回应蔚来车主高速睡着：辅助驾驶不是自动驾驶，返工路上注意安全！触发自动紧急靠边停车，SOS电话唤醒车主. auto.hexun.com.
触发了自动紧急靠边停车，并通过SOS电话方式唤醒了车主
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News report Independent author
易车讯, via 中金在线 (2025). 李斌回应车主高速睡着：辅助驾驶不是自动驾驶 返工注意安全. auto.cnfol.com.
在5月30日宣布，蔚来世界模型 NWM首个版本开启推送
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News report Independent author
以110公里/小时的速度行驶时，自己在高速公路上不慎睡着
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News report Independent author
Zhang, Phate (2025). [Video] Nio rolls out first version of NWM, bringing enhanced smart driving capabilities. CnEVPost.
With NWM, if the vehicle detects driver dysfunction, it will autonomously pull over to the roadside.
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News report Independent author
CnEVPost (2026). Nio rolls out major update to NWM driver assist software in China, delivering more human-like driving experience. CnEVPost, 28 January 2026.