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On August 12th, the tragic death of the founder of a well-known brand driving ES8 caused a heated discussion on the Internet. According to the latest report of Sina Science and Technology, Lin Lihong, executive director of Beijing Quanyou Law firm entrusted by Lin Wenqin's family, revealed the latest progress of the case, pointing out that the technical staff had contacted the vehicle involved without the consent of the traffic police. the traffic police have summoned the technician to make a record, and if the investigation result is that the vehicle data has been tampered with or destroyed, he is suspected of a criminal offence. The company needs to take full responsibility for the accident. Lin Lihong, executive director of Beijing Quanyou Law firm, forwarded the Sina technology report and commented that "it is obviously illegal to have private contact with the accident car across family members and traffic police" in response to the report.

In comments on relevant news reports, netizens said that "if the data are really tampered with, then the company has no morality at all, and as an industry related to the personal safety of customers, there is no need to exist" and "NIO technicians privately contact the vehicles involved to operate without the consent of the traffic police." This bold "," guilty of being a thief, there is no problem with its own product, there is no need to move the vehicle privately. "

In response to the report, Xilai issued an official statement this evening in response: the company has not deleted any data, and no employees have been summoned by the police. In order to ensure the safety of the battery of the accident car after the high-speed collision, the service personnel of the accident car were cut off in the parking lot of the accident car, which itself will not cause data loss, the company said in a statement. On the afternoon of August 13, at the request of the relevant parties, in the presence of the principal of Mr. Lin's family and the police, the technical personnel of Lulai carried out the first on-site data extraction. On the afternoon of August 16, the technical team from the headquarters of Xilai arrived at Putian to cooperate with the police and forensic organs for the next data reading operation.

Since the occurrence of the accident, NIO has been actively cooperating with the accident investigation work of the relevant departments and submitting the required information for the investigation according to the procedure. The company did not delete any data, and no employees were subpoenaed by the police.

Review of related events: on the evening of August 14, the official account "Meiyihao" issued an obituary saying that at 2 p.m., Lin Wenqin, founder of Shangshan Ruoshui Investment Management Company, founder of Universe Food and Beverage Management Company and founder of Meiyihao Brand Management Company, after driving an ES8 car and using self-driving function (NOP pilot state), died in a traffic accident in the high speed Han River of Shen Hai at the age of 31.

From the relevant pictures of the accident scene exposed on the Internet, after the rear-end collision of the ES8, the accident vehicle was extremely seriously damaged, the engine cover had been twisted and deformed, the A-pillar and B-column had been "disappeared" directly, the roof was seriously squeezed and deformed, the left front door and driver's seat door of the vehicle were seriously deformed, and the front wheel was seriously damaged.

According to the driving data provided by Lin Wenqin's friends to Chinanews.com, Lin Wenqin's latest driving mileage was 85km, with a total time of 113min, with an average speed of 45.1km / h and a top speed of 114.6 km / h (120km / h). NP mileage 72 km, NIO Pilot autopilot function for a total time of 48 minutes, pilot auxiliary mileage of 68 km, 44 minutes. During the whole journey, there was only one rapid acceleration, and there was no sharp deceleration.

After the accident, Zhang Bo, general manager of Xilai Automobile Xiamen region Co., Ltd., wrote on APP that Mr. Lin Wenqin was an excellent entrepreneur in the catering industry. "We are cooperating with the local traffic police and other relevant departments to investigate the accident, and will assist the family members of the users to deal with the aftermath." Li Bin, founder of Xilai Automobile, and Qin Lihong, co-founder and president of Lulai Automobile, also said on APP: "I am very sad that such an excellent young entrepreneur has passed away." Deep condolences. "

In NIO APP, a self-proclaimed friend "holly Dad" of Lin Wenqin said, "I am Lin Wenqin's good brother, his recommendation for buying Lulai cars, his business partner, and the godfather of his children. I can't believe this will happen to me. I am very sad and extremely remorseful." On August 13, our family members and the traffic police asked Xilai to give some vehicle driving data and extract the driving records in the car, but there was nothing yet. on August 13, an unprofessional engineer was dispatched to extract the driving records in the car for several hours. as a result, only 10 video records of driving records for most of January this year were extracted. I find it very incredible. Is this selective extraction? In addition, the driving data of the cloud Zhang Bo replied to me on August 14 that he was going through the process of approval, stamping needed time, and so on. I hope that the next investigation of the case will come here to fully cooperate with our relatives and the traffic police department. Please be more efficient, give us everything we want, don't set us up, and restore the truth. Can you please? In this regard, Wei Lai Qin Lihong said: because of the serious damage to the vehicle, there is a limit to what the on-site technicians can do. They have arranged for a professional team to go to Fujian and will not release specific accident conclusions until the conclusion of the investigation is available.

The obituary specifically mentions the autopilot function (NOP pilot status). According to NIO officials, Navigate on Pilot (NOP) navigation assistance is not autopilot, but autopilot. According to the ES8 user manual, automatic assisted driving (Pilot) adds the steering assist function of lane maintenance on the basis of realizing the speed control of adaptive cruising and keeping the distance between vehicles. The ES8 manual specifically mentions that Pilot, as a driving aid, is unable to cope with all traffic, weather and road conditions. Users must always pay attention to traffic conditions and road environment, and make their own decisions on whether to use Pilot or not under the condition of ensuring safety. When using Pilot, if you find that the traffic condition, road environment or vehicle condition is not suitable to use this function, or there are other unsafe factors, the user should be ready to take over the car at any time. Users always bear the ultimate responsibility to maintain the appropriate distance, speed and direction, and comply with the existing traffic laws and regulations.

Lin Lihong added: "We hope to have real data on the driving of the vehicle, including whether the vehicle is braking, reaction time, and so on," Lin added. In addition to the division of primary and secondary responsibility for ordinary two-car collision accidents, it is also necessary to confirm whether the vehicle itself meets the standard of safe driving, because it involves the issue of system control. " "We need to confirm whether the system algorithm level allows enough time for the driver to take over and brake accordingly in the event of an emergency," it said. If the vehicle data show that the alarm issued by the system is only seconds away from the collision, normal people do not have time to intervene. "

After this incident, the owner of Youweilai also reflected on APP because he almost had an accident by turning on the NOP automatic assistant system. An owner of EC6 told his own story: after attending the "NIO Exploration Camp" on July 23, he turned on NOP navigation assistance on the highway back to Hangzhou, when the speed limit was 120km/h and the navigation assistance was 120km/h. At that time, Xilai EC6 almost hit an accident car on the road with the help of NOP navigation, but luckily he took over the car in the first two seconds without an accident. Imagine that if the EC6 turned to the accident car at 120mh, then the basic car crash would be killed.

Under the trend of automobile electrification and intelligence, more and more intelligent cars regard self-driving technology as one of the important selling points, but ignore the warning and training for consumers, and some car companies publicize "self-driving". Some users' understanding of "self-driving" has obviously fallen into a misunderstanding. Although some car brands list relevant risk warnings in their user manuals, many car owners do not read them carefully.

Some people in the industry said that Xiaopeng is currently doing a good job in car owner education. When users use NGP for the first time, they will let users watch video tutorials. This practice should become the standard for the use of car companies' products. It is almost impossible to liberate their hands with today's driving technology, users can not casually try, car companies should also strengthen the relevant warning education.

With regard to self-driving, ideal car founder Li Xiang wrote on WeChat today that he called on the media and industry organizations to unify the standard of Chinese terms for self-driving to avoid misunderstandings caused by exaggerated publicity. Li Xiang said, "L2, L3 users do not understand, it is suggested that the same name: L2 = auxiliary driving; L3 = autopilot; L4 = autopilot; L5 = self-driving. There is not a single extra Chinese character to avoid misunderstanding caused by exaggerated publicity. Restraint in promotion and investment in technology will be beneficial to users, industries and enterprises for a long time. "

Shen Hui, CEO of Weima, said on Weibo that the driver is not only the operator of the L2-level driving assistance function, but also the main body of responsibility. L4 level and above self-driving function, when there is no one in the car, the operator is the vehicle itself, and the responsible subject should belong to the main engine factory.

As of press time, the cause of the accident is still under investigation, further information has not yet been announced, and we will continue to follow the new developments in the incident.

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