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A BYD Qin PLUS DM-i caught fire in a certain section of the road last night, and the video sparked a heated discussion after the video was circulated online. According to a video posted online, a fire broke out on a certain section of the road, but the fire was mainly concentrated in the cab and back seat, and the front windshield had fallen off, but the front hood and chassis of the car did not appear to be affected by the fire in the video. Another video shows a nearly burned vehicle lying in an open space next to a creature's status quo after it was burned, scorched and exposed, causing extreme discomfort. Netizens thought it was "human".

However, some netizens pointed out that there were differences between the two videos, saying that they were not the same event, and that the latter video was obviously not a BYD product, because the position of the charging port was completely different. According to the relevant pictures, the BYD Qin PLUS DM-i was quickly extinguished by the fire brigade, and the shape of the extinguished BYD Qin PLUS DM-i was still relatively intact, but the car was almost scrapped. In the related pictures, there are two blue signs behind, which are basically the same as the first video, and basically verify the authenticity of the second video.

Subsequently, BYD responded that there were no casualties in the fire, and that the vehicle battery did not burn during the fire, and false information such as rumors that the car owner had died on the Internet and false information such as video clips and malicious associations will be reported to the police. However, the fire of BYD Qin PLUS DM-i is basically true, and as of the press release of the auto industry, BYD has not yet responded to the specific cause of the fire. As to whether the fire was caused by product quality or human factors, it still needs to be further informed by the authorities.

It is understood that the BYD Qin PLUS DM-i officially went on sale on March 8, 2021, and its current price is 10.88-148800 yuan. It is currently the best-selling model under BYD, with cumulative sales of 110865 vehicles in 2021. As for the hot-selling reasons, in addition to the newly developed DM-i plug-in hybrid system, the blade battery is also the reason why many consumers buy BYD products.

According to reports, the blade battery is an innovative product of BYD in the field of power batteries, and it is also the core competitiveness of the company in the past two years, with six major technological innovations: Super safety, super life, super battery life, super strength, super power and super low temperature. In April last year, Wang Chuanfu said that the current spontaneous combustion of electric vehicle batteries has become an important problem hindering the development of electric vehicles. With the gradual entry of new energy vehicles into the role and the continuous increase in sales, the safety accident rate is bound to increase. As the main parts of new energy vehicles, safety issues are also very important. I hope that safety issues will no longer be an obstacle to the development of new energy vehicle industry. So that more consumers who are willing to choose new energy can enjoy more security.

It is not difficult to see the importance of blade batteries to BYD, and each fire accident may have an impact on the safety of YD products. In mid-January this year, a Model Y in Longtan, Chengdu, was ignited by a nearby car, and netizens who "don't know the truth" claimed it was caused by a BYD electric car fire. As soon as the news came out, it quickly caused a large number of netizens to watch, allowing BYD to sink into a whirlpool of public opinion. Later, Tesla said, "this fire was caused by a fire caused by a car-hailing ride-hailing of new energy while parked to recharge, which immediately ignited Tesla Model Y. at present, the fire department has put out the fire, and this accident has nothing to do with Tesla." BYD responded that the vehicle on fire was not BYD and hoped that netizens would not spread rumors, spread rumors or believe rumors. On January 25, BYD posted that the online rumor that "BYD caught fire and ignited Tesla next door" was seriously inconsistent with the facts, was a rumor, and had seriously infringed upon BYD's legitimate rights and interests. BYD has applied to file a case and asked: the relevant infringer to make a public apology; the relevant infringer to pay 1 million compensation.

Of course, BYD did have a fire. In November 2021, a BYD Qin Pro EV with a Beijing license plate caught fire in an underground garage in Beijing. According to a message posted by the owner of a suspected accident on moments, "I suddenly heard a sound in the car and felt wrong, so I immediately took the baby out of the car and ran away. I was very lucky and everyone was all right. I was really scared when I saw the car burning like this after taking a statement." Judging from the photos at the scene, there is indeed a lot of white smoke near the vehicle, and the bottom of the fire is visible to the naked eye. Another photo shows that the extinguished Biadiqin Pro EV is so badly damaged that it has been burned beyond recognition and is no longer worthy of maintenance.

In response to the matter, BYD responded: "the fire at the scene was put out in time, there was no explosion, and there were no casualties." The vehicles will be sold in early 2019, and the specific reasons will cooperate with the relevant departments for further investigation. " However, BYD has not disclosed the specific cause of the fire since then.

Since the second half of 2021, BYD's new energy vehicle sales have shown a steady growth trend. In January, for example, BYD sold 95422 cars, an increase of 125.05% over the same period last year, of which 93168 new energy passenger vehicles were sold, an increase of 361.73% over the same period last year. New energy passenger vehicles accounted for 90% of BYD's total passenger car sales, while the proportion of fuel vehicles is declining.

It is true that new energy vehicles will become the trend of automobile development in the future, but in the process of this development, there are many problems in new energy vehicles, such as endurance attenuation, battery failure, frequent strikes of intelligent systems and so on. New energy vehicle fire accidents have also become very common in this context. However, many car companies are very worried about the occurrence of this situation, although understandable, after all, any car company does not want to have problems with their products, but respond positively to the problems. in fact, it is easy to be recognized for the promotion of products and their own responsible attitude towards consumers.

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