After running 170,000 kilometers in a year, a NIO ES8 owner was deprived of his lifetime free battery replacement rights.

Recently, Mr. Gao from Henan reported to the media that he spent nearly 600,000 yuan to purchase a Weilai ES8 in 2020. When purchasing the car, he enjoyed the lifelong rights of the first owner (including free battery replacement and warranty rights). However, in July this year,However, Weilai notified that it would cancel its lifetime rights on the grounds that it "identified that the vehicle exceeded the daily use scenarios of ordinary users."

Mr. Gao expressed his confusion and grievance: the total mileage of the vehicle in 5 years was 280,000 kilometers.I ran 170,000 kilometers last year. It is normal to run more than 1,000 kilometers in one day when traveling for business, but it is purely for normal personal use.

"I have to spend 600,000 yuan to buy a car. I don't drive it. Do I have to treat him as my father?" "It's not rented out or operated. To put it bluntly, it feels like I run too much and it's recycled directly to me."

The lawyer pointed out that if NIO cannot prove that the car does have "special conditions or purposes of use", unilateral cancellation of the warranty may constitute a breach of contract.

In response, Weilai staff said that they have reported the situation to their superiors and will respond as soon as possible.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that another NIO ES6 owner from Jiangsu also reported the same problem. The first owner's rights were also unilaterally canceled by NIO. The owner said that his business is in Urumqi and he often drives there, so the mileage is high (the annual mileage exceeds 150,000 kilometers).

This matter has also aroused heated discussions among netizens. Some netizens said,“I run more than 150,000 kilometers a year, which is equivalent to running more than 400 kilometers every day. If you say you are not doing online ride-hailing or ride-hailing, I definitely don’t believe you.NIO’s cancellation of lifetime free battery replacement is reasonable.”

However, some netizens pointed out, "If Weilai cancels the lifetime free battery replacement rights of these car owners, it will have to provide evidence of vehicle operation. It cannot cancel based on mileage alone. This also violates the rights of car owners. After all, what they originally said was free battery replacement with no limit on mileage."

What do you think about this?