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Gan Lin, deputy director of the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration, said at the 2021 World New Energy vehicle Congress (WNEVC) that so far, market regulators have urged enterprises to recall 1.2838 million new energy defective vehicles, accounting for 22.13% of the total number of new energy vehicles. At the same time, it revealed that in view of the continuous phenomenon of fire collision accidents, market regulatory departments have established a vehicle accident reporting system to enhance the pertinence of quality defect investigation. For the new safety problems caused by automobile remote upgrade OTA technology, the OTA record evaluation system is established.

When the sales volume of the new energy market is gradually increasing, the demand of the new energy vehicle market is also expanding. At the same time, the problems such as spontaneous combustion and fire of new energy vehicles are also concerned by consumers, and this problem occurs not only at home, but also abroad. General Motors has announced that it will expand the recall of Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles to include more than 73000 models of 2019 and 2020-2022 at an estimated cost of $1 billion, and will stop sales of the electric vehicle indefinitely because of the risk of fire in its high-voltage battery pack. In addition, GM advises Chevrolet Bolt owners not to park their electric cars within 15 meters of other vehicles to reduce the risk of potential spontaneous combustion affecting nearby cars. The reason is the risk of battery spontaneous combustion caused by "two rare manufacturing defects".

For the investigation of fire and combustion accidents of new energy vehicles, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has also given relevant measures earlier: enterprises should bear the first responsibility for the safety of new energy vehicles, and enterprises should promptly carry out accident investigation in the event of fire and combustion accidents. Production enterprises should within 12 hours (if causing death or significant social impact, should be within 6 hours) the basic information of the accident, accident details within 48 hours Take the initiative to report to the lead department and equipment center of the new energy vehicle work joint meeting. If there is indeed a product defect, the production enterprise shall take the initiative to file a recall with the competent department.

The China Insurance Industry Association recently issued a notice on the exclusive terms of commercial insurance for new energy vehicles. The draft not only includes the battery, motor and electric control of new energy vehicles into the insurance liability, but also covers all aspects of vehicle driving, parking, charging and operation. The birth of the exclusive insurance clause for new energy vehicles is expected to solve the difficulties in determining losses and settling claims in the traditional fuel vehicle insurance clauses for new energy vehicles. Among them, for the electric vehicle fire problem that cars are most worried about, the opinion draft has also set up exclusive additional insurance for new energy vehicles. This will also play a certain role in promoting the development of new energy vehicles, and the rights and interests of new energy vehicle owners will also be better protected.

In addition, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also issued the "opinions on strengthening Intelligent Network Union Automobile production Enterprises and Product access Management" on the new safety problems caused by automobile remote upgrade OTA technology. Before implementing online upgrading activities, enterprises are required to ensure that automobile products meet the relevant requirements of national laws and regulations, technical standards and technical specifications, and put on record with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Changes in technical parameters such as safety, energy saving, environmental protection and anti-theft should be reported to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in advance to ensure the consistency of automobile production. Without approval, autopilot functions may not be added or updated through online or other software upgrades. In November 2020, the General Office of the General Administration of Market Supervision issued a notice on further strengthening the regulation of vehicle remote upgrade (OTA) technology recall. The circular points out that if producers use OTA to eliminate defects in automobile products and carry out recalls, they should, in accordance with the requirements of the regulations and implementation measures, formulate a recall plan, put it on record with the quality Development Bureau of the General Administration of Market Supervision, and fulfill the main responsibility of the recall in accordance with the law. If OTA fails to effectively eliminate defects or cause new defects, producers should take recall measures again. At the same time, when safety accidents such as intrusion and remote control of vehicles occur in the Chinese market, producers should immediately organize investigation and analysis and report the results of the investigation and analysis to the quality Development Bureau of the General Administration of Market Supervision.

It is worth noting that, as the future development direction of the automobile market, new energy vehicles have been widely concerned by the market, but reports about the problems of new energy vehicles emerge one after another. it also makes consumers worry about the safety of new energy vehicles. From the relevant policy opinions, we can also see that with the rapid development of new energy vehicles, the relevant regulations on new energy vehicles will be gradually improved. With the rapid development of new energy vehicles, car companies should also pay attention to the quality risks and safety problems, and constantly improve the stability of new energy vehicles, which is conducive to the sustainable development of the industry.

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