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Mr. Deng, the owner of the Xiaopeng P7, posted a long post on Weibo on April 18, saying that when the Xiaopeng P7 crashed into a stationary vehicle in front of it, there was no sign of deceleration, collision warning or emergency braking before the impact. After the failure of the auxiliary driving function, it was too late for me to intervene. Fortunately, the driver of the vehicle in front of me was not in the car. No one was killed in the accident, and he was only slightly injured. After the accident, he immediately contacted the official customer service and explained the situation, and also reported the insurance to send the car to the local Wuhan Optical Valley maintenance Center for inspection and request for assistance in the investigation, hoping to get the driving data at that time and the cause of the accident. However, after asking for background data, the authorities refused to provide it for a long time, only letting me go to the local store to watch, and the staff of the local 4S store said that the driving assistance functions such as ACC and LCC were no different from the constant speed cruising of traditional fuel cars, which made it difficult for car owners to accept, and thought that the driving assistance function had fatal safety risks.

According to previous reports, a Xiaopeng P7 crashed directly into an accident car that overturned on the road with auxiliary driving on. According to Mr. Deng, he drove more than ten kilometers on the national highway when he turned on autopilot, and a car overturned in the middle of the road, but the Xiaopeng P7 crashed into the accident car without any alarm or deceleration. Mr. Deng said that when he found something unusual, he put on an emergency brake, but the vehicle did not respond. At the same time, according to Mr. Deng's driving recorder, not only did the vehicle not slow down before the impact, but the acceleration even rose. Judging from the video on the scene, the Xiaopeng P7 was seriously damaged after the crash, and the airbag inside the car also ejected, but fortunately, there was no major accident. Mr. Deng was slightly injured, coupled with the fact that there were no other passengers in the car at that time, so it did not cause more serious consequences.

In response to the accident, Xiaopeng official response: after investigation, on March 13, the car owner Mr. Deng drove Xiaopeng P7 on the local highway section and collided with the rollover vehicle parked in front, and no one was injured in the accident. After the accident, through the background collision monitoring, our customer service staff immediately called the customer to inquire about the situation and give assistance and guidance. The preliminary judgment is that the car owner fails to observe the environment in front of the vehicle and take over the vehicle in time in the process of making ACC+LCC (adaptive constant speed cruise-lane center keeping function). After being investigated and determined by the local traffic police department, the conclusion is also in line with the above situation. Here, we need to remind the majority of drivers again that in the process of using the auxiliary driving system, we need to keep an observation of the surrounding environment of the vehicle and follow the relevant guidelines of the safety test before the driving assistance function is turned on to ensure driving safety.

However, Mr. Deng did not approve of Xiaopeng's official response. Mr. Deng said that at that time, he was not distracted and his hands were not off the steering wheel. If his hands were off the steering wheel, Xiaopeng would automatically call the police to remind him to take over. In addition, after the accident, Xiaopeng asked for background driving data many times, but the authorities have been unable to provide it for a long time. On the question of the increase in acceleration in the video, Mr. Deng said that the G value represents a change in speed, and acceleration or deceleration will cause the G value to rise, and he did not use the throttle as a brake at that time.

After the accident, Mr. Deng discussed the issue openly on Weibo and said bluntly, "I bought the Xiaopeng P7 for intelligence, and 300000 yuan for this car is also to support domestic products. Wouldn't it smell good to buy a Tesla Model 3 with more than 200,000 yuan?" However, unfortunately, Mr. Deng's voice did not bring the popularity of netizens, and most Weibo comments were "0".

At the beginning of 2021, Xiaopeng added the function of driving test when it pushed the XPLIOT3.0 system to users. Only by passing this test can the relevant driving assistance function be finally activated. From the content of the test, it is mainly related to when the NGP driving assistance function can be enabled and whether the car owner should intervene in driving in the driving assistance state, so some netizens think that the car owner may not seriously watch the NGP intelligent driving introduction video. Of course, some netizens believe that in the simple driver test, there are no laws and regulations to avoid users' non-standard operation in actual use, under the premise that the technology of the autopilot system is not mature or the determination of driving responsibility is not clear, car companies should technically strengthen supervision and guidance for users to avoid unreasonable driving operations.

From the driver's point of view, first of all, do not fully believe in the so-called intelligence, be ready to take over the vehicle at any time. Secondly, in the case of a large number of vehicles on national roads, urban expressways, ground roads and other roads, do not use auxiliary driving, because it is difficult for the system to maintain accurate judgment. Finally, do not use long-distance driving assistance for a long time, especially when the road conditions are very smooth, people will naturally lower their guard.

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