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On June 5, the Hangzhou Expressway Traffic Police Detachment issued a police report saying that at about 5: 43 on June 5, 2023, a small ordinary bus with Zhejiang A license plate drove out of the Hangzhou toll station along the S2 Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway and caught fire after colliding with the toll station facilities, killing four people on board. At present, the public security organs are further investigating the accident.

According to the relevant video, the vehicle involved is Volkswagen's ID. Series of electric vehicles, the vehicle did not decelerate significantly when passing the toll booth and caught fire after crashing directly into the toll booth facilities. Due to the serious impact at the scene of the accident and the extremely fast speed of the fire, the driver and passengers did not escape from the car in time and died in the end. According to another scene shot, the Volkswagen electric car has changed beyond recognition, firefighters and emergency personnel have arrived, 90% of the vehicle has been blackened, while open fire burst out.

It is understood that the vehicle involved is SAIC Volkswagen ID.4 X, which is the first pure electric SUV launched by Volkswagen. The current subsidized guide price range is 195900-292900 yuan. The ID.4 X is based on the Volkswagen MEB platform and is sister to FAW-Volkswagen I.D 4 CROZZ. It is worth mentioning that the car achieved excellent results in four major projects, including 25% bias collision.

In view of this accident, some industry insiders pointed out: the fire occurred at the moment of the collision, there is no chance to escape, this is a big taboo! There are also industry insiders said: SAIC Volkswagen ID 4, very fast hit the toll station isolation pier, the angle is a side collision, the probability of this kind of accident is of course very low, but this fire speed is really a bit too fast.

In fact, there are three major doubts about the accident: 1, what causes the collision, the driver is tired, but it has not been confirmed; 2, what causes the fire? from the collision to the fire the whole process is very rapid; 3, why the occupants can not escape? Of the above three doubts, the cause of the fire was particularly critical, directly leading to the deaths of all four people on board. The auto industry is concerned that the authorities should investigate the cause of the fire and release the results. After all, the accident will also revive consumers' concerns about the battery safety of Volkswagen's new energy vehicles.

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