On the evening of August 21, NIO held the product and technology launch event for its new ES8, where NIO founder Li Bin delivered an opening speech. He announced that over the past few years, NIO has cumulatively provided more than 130,000 charging services to new energy vehicle users self-driving along the 318 Sichuan-Tibet route, with non-NIO brand users accounting for 74.05%.

He stated, "On August 16, we completed the construction of battery swap stations along the entire G318 Sichuan-Tibet line. The G318 Sichuan-Tibet battery swap route spans 2,950 kilometers with 15 battery swap stations deployed along the way, averaging one station every 200 kilometers. Today, NIO and ONVO users can travel the entire route to Mount Everest using battery swapping services."