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According to media reports, an ideal ONE rear-ended a Fulai EC6 on the highway and caught fire. Fortunately, the passengers on both sides were fine. From the relevant pictures of the exposure, the two cars showed varying degrees of damage after the collision. The rear of the EC6 was seriously damaged and deformed, the rear box glass was broken, one side of the bumper was sunken, and the taillights were cracked, while the ideal ONE front caught fire, covering almost the whole body.

Some netizens believe that the damage to the rear of the EC6 should not be small, but the fire in the ideal ONE is a bit unexpected. As of press time, neither ideal nor NIO responded to the accident.

It is understood that the EC6 is positioned as a pure electric medium-sized SUV, which is the third production model under the company, with a price range of 35.8-526000 yuan, while the ideal ONE is the only mass-produced car under the ideal car, located in a medium-and large-scale SUV, with a price of 338000 yuan.

At present, although the accident and the cause of the fire are unknown, the safety of the two models has received a lot of attention. Previously, both the EC6 and the ideal ONE participated in the collision test of the China Insurance Research C-IASI.

First of all, let's take a look at the ideal ONE. The model participating in the collision is the ideal ONE 2020 extended range 6-seater version. In terms of overall performance, except for the crashworthiness and maintenance economy index, which has been evaluated by M (general), other projects have been evaluated by G (excellent). Among the closely watched front 25% offset collision items, the A column of the ideal ONE is slightly deformed, the airbag and the side air curtain work normally, but the restraint system performs poorly, the coverage of the side head airbag is limited, the seat belt is limited to the dummy, resulting in excessive forward tilt, and the restraint system and dummy sports get A (good) rating. In addition, in the side collision, the distance between the B-pillar and the driver's seat center line after the collision is 25.5 cm, rated G (excellent).

The performance of the EC6 is also excellent. The model involved in the collision is the 2020 430KM sports version of the EC6. Except for the crashworthiness and maintenance economy index, which is rated as A (good), the others are G (excellent). In terms of occupant safety index, 25% of the front offset collision and side collision were evaluated by G (excellent), and the roof strength and seat / headrest test results were excellent (G). In the 25% offset collision of the front, the A-column of the EC6 does not bend greatly, and the rim is completely broken after the impact, which ensures that it will not invade the cockpit too much, thus protecting the safety of the front row passengers.

In fact, it is very common to catch fire after an accident in a vehicle, especially an electric vehicle, because after a strong impact, the battery compartment may be squeezed, the heat may be seriously out of control, and there may be a fire or even explosion within a few seconds. although the cause of the accident is uncontrollable, the protection of Sandian still has something to do with the manufacturing process of the car company.

At present, the popularity of Ulai and ideal in the market is not low. According to the data, ideal ONE sales reached 7649 in October, up 107.2% from a year earlier, making it the highest-selling model among the new car-building forces. Sales of the EC6 in October were only 921, a sharp decline due to the revamping of the production line at the Jianghuai NIO factory.

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