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The third-generation Harvard H6 in the live studio of a collision test was sent to the "tuyere and wave". On December 25, Great Wall Motor issued another statement saying, "Great Wall Motor always adheres to the principle of safety first." Great Wall Motor has the confidence and ability to ensure the safety of all delivered products. In order to let the majority of users rest assured to use the car, the national qualified testing institutions are welcome to randomly extract the third-generation Harvard H6 collision in the market to verify the product safety. At the same time, we will immediately release information such as the time of the collision, welcome the media and users to monitor the whole process, and will conduct a global live broadcast of each collision test. "

On December 23, the C-NCAP of the China Automotive Center conducted a crash test of the third generation Harvard H6 as scheduled, which was broadcast live online on the official website. Unexpectedly, the third-generation Harvard H6 participated in the crash test, none of the side airbags / side air curtains popped up, the emergency flashers were not on, and the four doors were in a "locked" state, which was once awkward.

On December 24, the Great Wall Automobile Harvard brand issued a statement saying that the on-site investigation found that the emergency flasher lights did not flash, the side airbag / side air curtain did not open normally, and all four doors were locked after the collision, and it was initially diagnosed that the vehicle was in a power-off state at the time of crash. in this state, airbag related components (including airbag control unit, collision sensor, etc.) and body controller are not working, resulting in the above anomalies. Great Wall Harvard also said that it has applied for further investigation and technical analysis of the cause of the power outage of the vehicle, and the results of the investigation will be announced as soon as possible.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that after the end of the live broadcast of the collision test, the official website of CNAC C-NCAP unexpectedly shows that "the website is temporarily inaccessible and the website has not been put on record in accordance with the relevant laws of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology." On December 24th, C-NCAP of SAIC made an explanation on this matter: due to operational reasons, the domain name information of some affiliated websites of CNAC (including C-NCAP official website) was cancelled and is expected to return to normal in two to four weeks.

At present, Great Wall Motor has issued two consecutive statements in response, although the official preliminary assessment of the abnormal cause is that "the vehicle was without power at the time of the collision," and the specific reasons for the follow-up have yet to be announced after the official investigation. But the attitude of its response is also commendable. In contrast, CNAC C-NCAP, in addition to publishing the relevant description of the website exception, so far has not released the specific cause of the incident. As to whether it is the safety performance problem of Harvard H6 or the operation failure of C-NCAP of China Automotive Center, it has yet to be further disclosed by the authorities.

It is understood that the car participating in the C-NCAP collision of the China Automotive Center is the 2021 third-generation Harvard H6 1.5T automatic Pro. According to the configuration, the Harvard H6 is equipped with front side airbags and front and rear head airbags (side air curtains). According to the data, the retail volume of the Harvard H6 was 54306 vehicles in November, up 32.2% from a year earlier. The cumulative retail volume from January to November was 309846 vehicles, down 4.3% from a year earlier, basically locking in the top spot on the annual SUV list.

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