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On Nov. 16, Xiaomi's official Weibo post explained the situation in response to the recent rumor that a millet SU7 crashed into a guardrail and caught fire while driving in Guangzhou's Huangpu district.

Officials said the accident occurred around 19:03 on Nov. 15 when a millet SU7 caught fire after crashing into a metal fence in the middle of the road while driving along Xingui Road in Huangpu District of Guangzhou. Firefighters then reached the rescue to put out the vehicle fire, and no one was injured at the scene. At the same time, it said that after the accident, Xiaomi car service personnel rushed to the scene as soon as possible to assist firefighters and users in dealing with the accident. After a preliminary investigation at the scene, the bottom of the vehicle battery has obvious traces of dragging and rubbing the fence and fence base which have been crushed to the bottom of the car. The local area of the chassis has been scratched and ruptured, and the local part of the battery has been obviously pierced. Preliminary technical analysis of the fire is caused by a severe collision, there is no sign of fire between the crew cabin and the battery, the follow-up will assist users to properly deal with the follow-up related matters.

In addition, in the information note, the official pointed out that it was learned from the user that the traffic control department had issued a traffic accident identification certificate at the scene, which was caused by improper operation by the driver and damaged the municipal guardrail, resulting in the burning of the vehicle. From the video posted on the Internet, we can see that the vehicle caught fire after colliding with the metal fence in the middle of the road, and the whole vehicle was surrounded by a raging fire and was seriously damaged.

Xiaomi's timely response to the accident has also been supported by a lot of netizens, some netizens commented: timely response to social hot issues, professional answers, a good attitude. Some netizens also pointed out that collision fire is not only the biggest enemy of electric vehicles, but also a common problem faced by the industry. Xiaomi publicly responded to this matter, we can see that the attitude and handling of this kind of thing is worth learning, if the follow-up Xiaomi car can solve the problem of electric car collision and fire, it is really powerful.

It is worth mentioning that this is the second time that Xiaomi SU7 has caught fire in nearly three months. In September, a video of Xiaomi SU7 rushing into the green belt and catching fire spread on the Internet. From the video released at that time, we can see that a millet SU7 rushed into the green belt on the side of the road, and there was thick smoke and a little open fire at the bottom of the vehicle.

At that time, Xiaomi car also explained the situation in time for this fire accident. Xiaomi said that the accident occurred on the road near Nanjing South Railway Station on September 16. After traffic police, fire protection and insurance investigated the scene of the accident, and combined with the analysis of vehicle data, it was initially confirmed that the vehicle was driving because the road was slippery and the driver operated improperly, causing the vehicle to rush out of the lane and crash into the isolated flower bed area. In addition, it is also pointed out that the front bar and chassis area of the vehicle hit the continuous square stones around the separation belt, resulting in serious damage to the bottom of the battery, and it is suspected that the battery was partially short-circuited by the impact, resulting in short-term smoke and open fire, and pressure relief. Finally, Xiaomi officials said that after the incident, firefighters had intervened in time to deal with the accident, and the passengers on board were injured by the collision and were examined and treated in the hospital.

In fact, with the rapid development of new energy vehicles in recent years, fire incidents about new energy vehicles also occur frequently. However, most of the fire accidents are caused by violent collisions and the batteries of the vehicle chassis are hit by external forces. As we all know, many power batteries of the new energy vehicles on sale on the market are installed in the chassis position of the vehicle, which also means that the battery position of the vehicle may be deformed after a bump, if it is not found in time, it is easy to catch fire. Although many car companies are also increasing their investment in battery research and development, the problem of fire after the collision of new energy vehicles still exists.

The data show that the vehicle that caught fire this time is Xiaomi SU7, the first model of Xiaomi car, which went on sale on March 28th this year. The new car is located in a large pure electric sedan, with a total of three models, with a price range of 21.59-299900 yuan. New cars are popular in the market as soon as they appear on the market. Figures show that the latest sales of Xiaomi cars were 20426 in October, and the cumulative delivery volume this year has reached 100000.

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