{ "id": "AIBD-0133", "title": "NIO owner falls asleep at 110 km/h on a rainy highway; his car's NWM emergency pull-over stops it and an SOS call wakes him", "summary": "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.", "date_observed": "2025-06-01", "date_basis": "unassessed", "date_precision": "unassessed", "benefit_status": null, "source_collection": null, "source_entry": null, "account": "Around midnight on 1 June 2025, a NIO owner fell asleep driving at 110 km/h on a highway in rain in China. NIO's assisted driving was engaged. The NIO World Model (NWM) emergency autonomous pull-over function triggered, and an SOS call woke him. NIO had begun pushing it to more than 400,000 Banyan-platform cars on 30 May 2025. He posted a video on social media on 2 June. NIO founder William Li reposted it, describing the function (gradual deceleration, a lane change to the rightmost emergency lane, hazard lights, SOS intervention). He stressed that assisted driving is not autonomous driving. No crash or injury was reported. The vehicle model and highway are not named.", "category": "protective response", "unexpected": false, "purpose": "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.", "system": "NIO World Model (NWM) emergency autonomous pull-over function within NIO's assisted-driving system", "model_version": "First release of NIO World Model (NWM), pushed to more than 400,000 Banyan-platform cars from 30 May 2025; the vehicle model and software build are not reported", "developer": "NIO", "deployer": "NIO", "location": null, "domain": "Road vehicle crash avoidance", "segment": "Consumer driver-assistance software on a privately owned vehicle", "benefit_type": "Increased Product Safety", "taxonomy_note": null, "registry_ids": { "oecd_aim": "2025-05-30-3168" }, "ratings": [ { "group": "personal", "depth": 3, "reason": "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." } ], "ai_role": { "status": "assessed", "statement": "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." }, "evidence": [ { "kind": "news report", "citation": "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.", "title": "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 [NIO owner falls asleep at 110 km/h on a rainy night highway, triggering emergency autonomous pull-over; William Li: assisted driving is not autonomous driving]", "url": "https://news.mydrivers.com/1/1051/1051320.htm", "date": "2025-06-02", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "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" }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "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.", "title": "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 [William Li responds to NIO owner who fell asleep on the highway: assisted driving is not autonomous driving; automatic emergency pull-over triggered, SOS call woke the owner]", "url": "http://auto.hexun.com/2025-06-03/219371749.html", "date": "2025-06-03", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "触发了自动紧急靠边停车，并通过SOS电话方式唤醒了车主" }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "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.", "title": "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 [William Li responds to owner who fell asleep on the highway: assisted driving is not autonomous driving, take care on the drive back to work]", "url": "http://auto.cnfol.com/xincheshangshi/20250603/31358495.shtml", "date": "2025-06-03", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "在5月30日宣布，蔚来世界模型 NWM首个版本开启推送" }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "中关村在线 (2025). 蔚来车主高速睡着，车辆自动靠边停车. news.zol.com.cn; republished by 新浪汽车 (k.sina.com.cn) on 3 June 2025.", "title": "蔚来车主高速睡着，车辆自动靠边停车 [NIO owner falls asleep on the highway, car pulls over automatically]", "url": "https://news.zol.com.cn/991/9916102.html", "date": "2025-06-02", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "以110公里/小时的速度行驶时，自己在高速公路上不慎睡着" }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "Zhang, Phate (2025). [Video] Nio rolls out first version of NWM, bringing enhanced smart driving capabilities. CnEVPost.", "title": "[Video] Nio rolls out first version of NWM, bringing enhanced smart driving capabilities", "url": "https://cnevpost.com/2025/05/30/nio-rolls-out-first-version-nwm/", "date": "2025-05-30", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "With NWM, if the vehicle detects driver dysfunction, it will autonomously pull over to the roadside." }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "CnEVPost (2026). Nio rolls out major update to NWM driver assist software in China, delivering more human-like driving experience. CnEVPost, 28 January 2026.", "title": "Nio rolls out major update to NWM driver assist software in China, delivering more human-like driving experience", "url": "https://cnevpost.com/2026/01/28/nio-rolls-out-major-update-to-nwm-driver-assist-china/", "date": "2026-01-28", "written_by": "independent", "quote": null } ], "replication": { "produced_by": [ "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." ], "must_hold": [ "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." ], "echoes": [] }, "paired_incident": null, "headline": "NIO's NWM emergency pull-over stops a sleeping driver's car", "metric": null, "comparator": null, "later": { "status": "scaled", "date": "2026-01-28", "note": "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.", "quote": "The update will first become available to over 460,000 vehicles equipped with the Banyan system. 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