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NIO NOP+ / NWM.

L2+ city/highway NOA with world-model AI; 33-sensor Aquila suite; 700K+ cars receiving NWM updates.

Commercial

Certification: SAE Level 2+ ADAS deployed in NIO production vehicles; China market

Verified 2026-09-24

Sensor coverage

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NIO NOP+ / NWM — sensor coverage (top-down)FWD ▲NIO NOP+ / NWM

Aquila system: 33 sensing units — 1 LiDAR, 7x 8MP cameras, 4x 3MP surround cameras, 5 mmWave radars, 12 ultrasonic, ADMS, GNSS/IMU, V2X.

Sourced metrics

SAE Autonomy Level
L2
Active fleet size (vehicles)
700.0K
Onboard AI compute (TOPS)
1016 TOPS

Technical subsystems

  • perception↗

    Aquila system: 33 sensing units — 1 LiDAR, 7x 8MP cameras, 4x 3MP surround cameras, 5 mmWave radars, 12 ultrasonic, ADMS, GNSS/IMU, V2X.

  • planning↗

    NIO World Model (NWM): AI world-model-based mapless reasoning; end-to-end approach; BEV + occupancy network; highway and urban NOA.

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