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With the gradual popularization of new energy vehicles, events such as spontaneous combustion have always been the "pain point" of new energy vehicles and have been concerned by both inside and outside the industry. A few days ago, another new energy vehicle caught fire in Shanghai, during which an explosion occurred, causing serious damage to the surrounding houses.

On July 27, a new energy vehicle caught fire in the parking garage on the first floor of No. 136, Lane 399, Dianpuhe Road, Jiuting Town, Songjiang District, Shanghai. According to the video of media reports, the surrounding area was damaged to a large extent as a result of the fire of the new energy vehicle. The glass of the first and second floor of the building parked by the vehicle was shattered, and the aisle awning collapsed. The residential buildings and cars opposite were also damaged to varying degrees.

According to a neighbor, at first someone smelled the smell of burning, but after checking it, it was found that there was smoke under the door of the neighbor's garage, then the sound of an explosion came from the garage, and the shutter door was blown off. The residents in the video also said: "there was smoke under the garage door, and then I heard an explosion, very quickly."

Then someone at the scene called the police. "when I found smoke in the garage, I called 119 fire alarm number, but less than seven minutes after 119, the garage door burst open," according to a property worker. "

10:00 on July 27th, in the parking garage on the first floor of Lane 399, Dianpu River Road, Jiuting Town, Songjiang District, a new energy vehicle caught fire due to malfunction. After more than 40 firefighters put out the fire, the fire was put out, and the specific cause and loss are under investigation.

At the same time, Songjiang Fire also reminded car owners that electric vehicle spontaneous combustion can not be ignored, residents should remain calm in case of fire, escape from the evacuation passageway to the safe area as soon as possible.

According to the video, the vehicle involved in the accident is Chery New Energy eQ1, but so far, Chery New Energy officials have not responded.

However, some netizens believe that from the previous phenomenon of new energy fire, the speed from the fire to the burning of new energy vehicles is very fast, but there are no obvious signs of burning for the new energy vehicles in this accident. as a result, it was questioned by some netizens.

In fact, the fire of Chery EQ1 is not the only case. According to incomplete media statistics, there have been more than 12 cases of new energy vehicle spontaneous combustion in China since July. However, in response to a number of recent new energy fires, Xin Guobin, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, also said on July 23 that the batteries of new energy vehicles need to be maintained and tested in time, otherwise there is a greater risk, but the spontaneous combustion rate of new energy vehicles is still lower than that of traditional vehicles.

According to the official website, the Chery EQ1 is positioned as an ultra-long-range smart pure electric crossover with a comprehensive range of 301Km and a top speed 100Km/h, and has sold 150000 units since it went on sale in 2017. However, affected by the market and the epidemic this year, Chery EQ series sales have declined significantly. According to the Federation of passengers, Chery EQ series sold a total of 2632 units in June this year, compared with 4965 units in the same period last year, down 47% from the same period last year, making it one of the new energy models with the biggest decline in sales this year.

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