AutoBeta(AutoBeta.net)09/25 Report--

With regard to the recent incident in which a BYD Tang New Energy vehicle was deliberately set on fire, Li Yunfei, deputy general manager of BYD Automobile sales Company, released the latest news on the evening of September 25, saying: "Beijing's criminal investigation has set up a special case team to solve the case as soon as possible. It is said that before the National Day, emphasis should be placed on cracking down on arsonists."

Li Yunfei also revealed that the incident happened in a county-level city under Qingdao. After the network fermented, it attracted the attention and intervention of Beijing.

Event review

On September 23, a surveillance video was exposed on the Internet, showing masked people igniting a BYD Tang new energy vehicle, causing an open fire at the bottom of the vehicle. The incident happened at 01:23 on September 23.

The surveillance video lasts 2 minutes and 15 seconds, while the edited version is 1 minute. The masked man, dressed in a black coat and white hat, had his face covered and tried to cover it with an umbrella. Surveillance video shows that at about 01:22:47, the person ignited combustible materials at the bottom of the vehicle and then fled, while an open fire burst into flames at the bottom of the BYD Tang New Energy vehicle.

For the masked person's practice of arson, the purpose of doing so, netizens also have different guesses, different opinions.

Li Yunfei, deputy general manager of BYD Automobile sales Company, said, "think carefully and fear!" What happens if there are no cameras on the side of the road? Does the arsonist have a grudge against the car owner or the brand? I implore the police to investigate carefully and pursue them to the end! Keep paying attention! " It also revealed that the customer has reported the case, if the customer does not report the case, we (BYD) will also report the case.

BYD auto official Weibo responded: trust the police and wait for the truth.

Some netizens said that if there is no surveillance video, it is likely to be a new energy vehicle spontaneous combustion accident.

It is obvious that the spontaneous combustion of new energy vehicles has become a social hot spot. Early car spontaneous combustion, smoke accidents occurred frequently, under the pressure of public opinion, Ulai launched an investigation and finally recalled 4803 ES8. In the second-quarter financial report, NIO lost 3.193 billion yuan, and the recall was an important reason for the sharp decline in profit margins in the second quarter, with the recall cost reaching 339 million yuan.

The truth about the purpose of the man who set fire to BYD remains to be investigated.

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