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Last night, netizens in Kangbashi district of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, shot a video and revealed that a Huawei mobile phone store suddenly caught fire and an electric car in the store was on fire.

At about 23:00 on June 13, a fire broke out at the Ordos Shopping Mall in Dongsheng District, starting from a mobile phone shop on the ground floor. After the fire was basically controlled, when firefighters entered the shopping mall to carry out internal attack and eliminate the residual fire, they successively found that two people died after 120 emergency medical treatment, and the cause of death was asphyxiation caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. At present, fire and rescue workers are cleaning up the remaining fire, and the follow-up work has been carried out in an all-round way.

A fire broke out in a Huawei mobile phone store on the ground floor of a shopping mall, with several fire engines parked outside and sirens sounded, according to live videos taken at the scene. According to the video, the AITO M5 parked in the store has been burned, but it is not clear whether the car in the store caused the fire or other causes of the fire, pending further official confirmation.

In response, Huawei responded that it is still impossible to determine the cause of the fire, and the specific cause of the fire needs to wait for the authoritative investigation results of fire control and other relevant departments, and we are currently cooperating with the police investigation. finally, please take the investigation results of fire control and other relevant departments to prevail.

At present, the only M5 model under the AITO brand is on sale, which was officially launched on December 23, 2021 and on February 25, 2022, with a price range of 25.98-331800 yuan. As a model built by Huawei, Yu Chengdong is so optimistic about the M5 that he has set a target of selling 300000 cars a year and plans to use 1, 000 stores to sell cars by the end of the year. Yu Chengdong is also frank that at present, Huawei's brand marketing ability, retail channel ability, and product competitiveness can support the sales target of 300000 units, but considering that the products have just climbed the slope, there are huge risks in the supply chain, serious shortage in the industry and other problems should not be underestimated, 300000 units still have a lot of challenges. Huawei's goal in entering the auto industry is to be first, because no one will remember the second, Wu Pei, a veteran auto blogger, said in an interview.

At present, M5 has entered the sales channels of Huawei stores, including Huawei Intelligent Life Hall, Huawei authorized experience store, AITO user center, AITO authorized user center and so on. Official figures show that AITO brand sales and service outlets have been set up in more than 500 experience centers and 150 user centers. According to the plan, AITO will have a total of 1000 experience centers and about 300 user centers in 2022.

According to the Federation of passengers, Cyrus (including Cyrus / AITO) sold 5651 vehicles in May, with the main models being Cyrus SF5 and M5, of which M5 retailed 5033. According to official figures, 5006 M5 deliveries were reached in May, with a cumulative delivery of 11296 vehicles in the 87 days since delivery.

It is worth mentioning that there was also a smoking accident caused by a socket in the exhibition hall of Huawei terminal before. On April 13, smoke rose from the M5 booth of Shenzhen Shenye Automobile City, a user center authorized by AITO, and two staff members were carrying fire extinguishers to deal with them. In this regard, the relevant responsible person said: "the incident is because the outreaching external power outlet does not fit, the occurrence of short circuit, has nothing to do with the car."

Some industry insiders said that in the past, electric vehicle fire casualties often occurred when charging at night, generally including aging lines, battery short circuit, charger mismatch, overcharging and so on. As for the accident is caused by sockets, or vehicle products, or other reasons, the specific reasons to be officially announced.

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