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A video about smart Elf # 1 catching fire in the street has gone viral on the Internet. The video comes from a Douyin user named "Xichang Wang Zulan". It is understood that the incident took place on August 31. From its released video, we can see that a smart elf # 1 caught fire in the street, the scene billowed with smoke, filled the sky, the fire was very intense. There are many firefighters at the scene to put out the fire of the vehicle, and the sound of a suspected explosion came out during the fire-fighting process.

In response to the incident, smart officials later responded that the incident occurred at about 03:30 on Aug. 31, near 58 Panda Avenue, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province. After learning about the fire incident, smart officials also quickly arrived at the scene in the early morning of September 1, a special action team composed of after-sales and R & D experts to assist users in dealing with follow-up matters and cooperating with relevant local departments to investigate the cause of the incident.

Officials also pointed out that according to vehicle data records, the vehicle had an abnormal power battery at 15:34 on August 31, and issued a "overheated power battery, please stay away from the vehicle" warning through the on-board instrument at 15:35. The 15:36smart car App pushed the warning message to the owner, who then contacted the local agent and contacted the driver under the guidance of the agent to get out of the car as soon as possible and wait for rescue. After that, the driver took off the contents of the car and found that the vehicle was smoking. About 20 minutes later, the smoke began to increase, and the local traffic police and fire department arrived at the scene and soon dealt with the situation properly.

With regard to the cause of the fire that everyone is concerned about, the official also responded that according to the comprehensive judgment of the video recording at the time of the incident and today's test results, a single cell could not be ruled out being affected by external factors, which led to the occurrence of the incident.

In fact, the fire of new energy vehicles is not uncommon in recent years, but almost no car companies will finally confirm that the cause of the fire is their own product problems, which is also the cause of most new energy vehicle fires only attributed to external factors. For example, after a violent collision, the battery pack is squeezed and the structure is damaged, which causes a fire and burns. Or under the background of high temperature in the natural environment, the battery is heated during charging, at this time, if the BMS system can not keep up with the heat dissipation capacity, the line may be short-circuited, which is also the reason why most new energy vehicle fire accidents are widely believed.

At present, it is not known whether a single cell is affected by external factors, leading to the vehicle fire, the follow-up has yet to be officially announced.

Related data show that: smart Spirit # 1 is the first mass production model launched after the electrification transformation of the smart brand. It was launched in June last year, positioning pure electric small SUV, a total of three models were launched, with a price range of 18.16-226600 yuan. Related data show that the cumulative sales of smart Spirit # 1 were 9026 in 2022 and 1892 in the latest July of 2023.

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