On the evening of February 14, NIO's Legal Department issued an update on its rights protection efforts via the company's WeChat official account. The statement addressed an untrue tweet posted by the online account 'Seven' on February 13, which falsely claimed that a collision occurred while a NIO vehicle was undergoing a high-speed autonomous battery swap. Following public backlash, the user subsequently acknowledged the falsehood and removed the tweet, yet the damage was done, as it had already sparked negative public sentiment and misconceptions about NIO's high-speed autonomous battery swap technology. After thorough investigation by NIO's Legal Department, it was confirmed that the vehicle was entirely under the driver's control at the time of the collision, and the accident was solely attributed to driver error. The account holder has since admitted to these facts.
