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On August 5, the ideal car released a fire description: on August 1, 2022, an ideal ONE caught fire on the Chengdu-Chongqing Expressway in Sichuan Province, causing four burns and leaving the vehicle quickly. Vehicle data show that when the vehicle is on fire, the extended range system and oil circuit system, high voltage power supply system, low voltage power supply system, three power system (including power battery, drive motor, motor controller) are all working normally, without any circuit short circuit and fuel leakage problems, vehicle voltage, current and fuel pressure are not abnormal.

The technicians explored the vehicle: the battery pack of the vehicle was intact, the appearance of the battery pack showed no sign of burning, the outer cover of the battery package was intact and there was no obvious deformation, and the foam buffer inside the battery pack had no sign of burning. The fuel tank of the vehicle is complete. According to the current information, we believe that the fire is not caused by the quality of the vehicle, the ideal car will cooperate with the fire department to investigate the specific cause of the fire.

In addition, the ideal car also publishes the vehicle data before combustion: 13:17:55, the speed 85km/h, the vehicle air conditioning system AC on, the sensor shows the temperature outside the car 24 ℃ (rain), the temperature of the second row inside the car 32.5 ℃; at 13:17:57, the temperature of the second row inside the car instantly rises to 85 ℃; at 13:18:01, the value of PM2.5 in the car rises rapidly from 14 to 999 At 13:18:04, the driver opened the left front door, then the right front and left rear doors of the vehicle opened, the occupancy signal of the passenger seat disappeared and all the people in the car left the vehicle.

Ideal car said that through the comprehensive analysis of the fire video and vehicle data, the vehicle started in the cabin, the front extended range system and the bottom of the battery, fuel tank did not burn, fuel leakage did not occur. Through the comprehensive analysis of video and vehicle data, such a big fire in the cabin in a short period of 9 seconds is not caused by the vehicle itself. We suspect that there are flammable and explosive materials in the car and are ignited. In addition, as to whether the car is carrying flammable and explosive materials, ideal Motors said that the fire department has been involved in the investigation of the burning vehicle, and we will wait patiently for the investigation results given by the fire department.

At 01:48 on August 1st, a vehicle fire occurred at 864km from Leshan to Ya'an on the Leshan-Ya'an section of Sichuan G93 Chengdu-Chongqing Ring Road Expressway, which is an ideal ONE model of ideal Automobile. According to reports, it was raining on the road on the day of the accident, the ideal ONE that caught fire was parked in the emergency lane, the right door came into contact with the highway collision wall and could not be opened, while the rear half of the ideal ONE was burning violently and producing intense smoke, but the headlights at the front of the vehicle were still working normally. Another video on the scene showed that the high-speed traffic police arrived at the scene of the accident, and a female passenger was sent to the police car because of suspected injuries, and several passengers were waiting at the scene. In the end, only the skeleton of the ideal ONE is left, the position of the front extender of the vehicle is seriously damaged, and the rear door of the vehicle has fallen off from the main body of the car body after being overfired.

It is worth mentioning that on the day the ideal ONE caught fire in Sichuan, 200,000 ideal ONE went off the line at the ideal car base in Changzhou. According to data released by ideal Automobile, 10422 ideal ONE were delivered in July 2022, an increase of 21.34% over the same period last year and a month-on-month decline of 19.98%. Since delivery, the cumulative delivery volume of the ideal ONE has reached 194913 vehicles.

In the new power brand, the achievement of ideal car is still quite outstanding. By contrast, the models delivered by Xilai include ES8, ES6, EC6 and ET7, while Xiaopeng includes G3i, P7 and P5, while ideal ONE is the only one to deliver. According to the data, from January to July 2022, a total of 60879 cars were delivered by Xilai, 80507 by Xiaopeng, and 70825 by ideal cars, which are between Xiaopeng and Xilai.

However, compared with Xilai and Xiaopeng, the ideal car is relatively active in the market.

On July 17, the air suspension of an ideal L9 test drive broke. CCTV reporter called ideal car, customer service staff said that the fault is a case of non-mass production model parts, has identified the cause, and will eventually solve the problem on the mass production car body.

On July 26, an ideal L9 test car had another accident and the vehicle accelerated and crashed into the guardrail. On the same day, ideal car forwarded a video of Ningbo test driving accident traffic recorder in response. Ideal car said that the structure of the right front suspension system of the accident vehicle was intact, the right steering rod in the steering system was deformed, the right side of the front bumper of the vehicle was damaged, two tires on the right side burst, and the right front wheel hub was deformed. In this accident, "no one was injured, the air spring is intact", it is not clear whether AEB (automatic emergency braking system) is related to the accident, the specific investigation results of the accident will be released later. So far, ideal has not released the results of the investigation, nor has it responded to whether there are any quality problems.

On July 29th, an ideal ONE owner posted a video revelation on the short video platform that the ideal ONE suddenly malfunctioned during normal driving, the car body made an obvious noise, and the rear parts of the chassis were broken to the ground. The picture of the driving recorder shows that the power of the ideal ONE suddenly stops after making a U-turn and is unable to continue driving. When the vehicle starts again, the sound of "rumbling" occurs, and the scattered parts of the suspected chassis are found on the driving path of the vehicle, and the oil is also scattered all over the floor. From the released picture of the chassis of the accident vehicle, we can see that the reducer shell on the rear axle of the car is fragmented, the reducer shell of the car has both longitudinal and transverse cracks, and there is a large gap at the bottom of the side. the driven gear of the internal reducer is clearly visible and makes a loud noise, indicating that the internal structure may also be damaged. Similarly, as of press time, ideal Motor did not respond publicly to the matter.

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