NIO founder, chair and CEO Li Bin said at the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference the next phase of autonomous driving must create real value. He identified two commercialization metrics: user willingness to pay, requiring a closed-loop business model, and safety demonstrated by quantifiable indicators that make users clearly perceive AVs as safer than human drivers.

2026-10-21

NIO founder, chair and CEO Li Bin said at the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference the next phase of autonomous driving must create real value. He identified two commercialization metrics: user willingness to pay, requiring a closed-loop business model, and safety demonstrated by quantifiable indicators that make users clearly perceive AVs as safer than human drivers.