Nio owner says NOP ‘saved his life’ by avoiding highway crash [video]

Nio’s proprietor shared a video from his dashcam, exhibiting the emergency steering of Nio’s NOP (Navigate on Pilot) system, which saved the automobile from a crash. “Nio saved my life,” he posted on WeChat.

NOP is Nio’s various to Tesla’s Autopilot. It’s an ADAS (superior driver-assistance system) know-how that assists drivers with safely working a automobile utilizing sensors and cameras.

Within the video, Nio’s proprietor drives on the freeway at 80 km/h, following one other automobile. All of the sudden, the automobile in entrance of him adjustments lanes at excessive pace, making an attempt to keep away from congestion on the freeway. The maneuver is partly profitable; nevertheless, we will see the motive force barely crash into the stationary car, inflicting a part of the automobile to fly excessive into the air, almost definitely the rearview mirror.

Nio’s AES instantly reacted and altered the lane to the left whereas braking, efficiently avoiding the automobile driving parallel to it. AES (Energetic Emergency Steering) is a part of NOP ADAS. It’s a sophisticated security system that applies braking and assists with steering to assist keep away from a collision. When braking alone is inadequate, it will probably work alongside AEB (Computerized Emergency Braking) to maneuver the car away from obstacles.

In January, Nio up to date all its autos with Banyan 3.1.0, which reportedly included the superior AES operate.

The NOP driving system was launched in September 2020 in Beijing. In December 2022, an up to date model of NOP+, which helps lidar, adopted. In early 2024, Nio began updating all its autos with the superior model of assisted driving software program. In June final yr, the corporate claimed that NOP+ noticed complete person mileage cross 1 billion km.