Gamingdeputy reported on May 6 that on April 26, a traffic accident occurred on the Houping Expressway in Shanxi Province. A new M7 Plus rear-ended a road maintenance vehicle while driving in the inner fast lane, and then caught fire.
This afternoon, AITO Automobile's official Weibo today released “Explanation on Technical Issues Related to the Jiexin M7 Plus in the Traffic Accident on the Houping Expressway Section in Shanxi Province.” The content is as follows:
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Question 1: Why did the automatic emergency braking (AEB) function fail to avoid a collision?
– The braking system of the accident vehicle was normal before the collision. According to background data analysis, there were two braking actions within 5 minutes before the accident, and the vehicle was able to decelerate normally.
– Wenjie's new M7 Plus is equipped with an L2-level assisted driving system (not Huawei's ADS 2.0 intelligent driving system), and its automatic emergency braking (AEB) operating range is from 4 to 85km/h. The vehicle speed at the time of the accident was 115km/hexceeding the operating range of automatic emergency braking (AEB).
Question 2: What caused the vehicle fire? Has the battery spontaneously ignited?
– When the accident vehicle collided with the road maintenance vehicle ahead at a high speed of 115km/h, the protruding beam-like hard structure at the rear of the vehicle in front instantly and seriously invaded the front engine room and passenger compartment on the upper left side of the accident vehicle, causing serious damage to the front engine room and passenger compartment, and the wiring harness was instantly damaged. cut off, the front engine room was ignited by high-temperature components or short-circuit sparks in the wiring harness,The fire broke out first on the left side of the front engine room and then spread to the entire vehicle. The power battery pack did not spontaneously ignite..
Question 3: Is the airbag deployed normally?
– According to background data analysis, before the collision, there was a seat belt buckle signal in the main driver's seat, but there was no seat belt buckle signal in the passenger seat and the three rear seats, and the airbag status monitoring was normal. When a collision occurs,Vehicle airbag deploys normally.
Question 4: Can the car door be opened after the collision?
– Wenjiexin M7 Plus has a collision automatic unlocking function and is equipped with a mechanical door inner handle. In special emergencies, the door can be unlocked by pulling the mechanical door inner handle. When the vehicle in this accident collided with the road maintenance vehicle ahead at a high speed of 115km/h, the protruding beam-like hard structure at the rear of the vehicle ahead instantly and seriously invaded the upper left front engine room and passenger compartment of the accident vehicle.As a result, the power lines and signal lines in the front engine room and passenger cabin were instantly cut off, and the door handle controller could not receive the pop-up signal. The rescuers broke the window and pulled the inner handle of the mechanical door to open the door to carry out the rescue..
Gamingdeputy attaches a brief summary:
April 26: A black Wenjie M7 rear-ended a maintenance truck on the highway in Yuncheng, Shanxi. The front cabin of the Wenjie M7 caught fire, with thick smoke billowing and open flames rising high. Wenjie M7 was suspected of being unable to open the door, and the three people were trying to rescue the car by smashing the rear window glass.The family member of the suspected accident posted a video online, saying that the three people in the car were her husband, brother and son, and they were all unfortunately killed..
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April 28: Wenjie customer service responded thatA special team has been set up to follow up and verify, and will cooperate with the traffic control department in the investigation.. “At around 16:34 on April 26, 2024, a Wenjie M7 Plus had a serious traffic accident in Yuncheng, Shanxi. We are deeply saddened by the casualties in the accident and express our deepest condolences to the victims. According to the national According to the platform data access management regulations, we learned that the vehicle was traveling at a speed of 115km/h when the accident occurred, the airbags were deployed normally, and the power battery pack characteristics were normal. We are actively cooperating with the local traffic police department to investigate the accident and provide all necessary data to restore the cause of the accident. We will provide all possible support to the family. Please refer to the subsequent notification from the traffic police department for the specific investigation results.”
On the evening of April 28th: Bosch issued a statement regarding the Shanxi accident of the Wenjie M7: After investigation,The vehicle involved was not equipped with Bosch intelligent driving system (including AEB).Some bloggers claimed that the entire ADAS solution installed on the M7 Plus in the Shanxi Yuncheng accident was not from Bosch.But from FreeTech, both of them are equipped with M7 Plus and are supplied by AB. But the blog post has since been deleted.
Evening of April 28: Staff of Yuncheng Expressway Management Co., Ltd. said,At the time of the incident, the maintenance vehicle was performing mobile watering operations. The maintenance vehicle was equipped with a warning device during the operation. After the incident, the driver of the maintenance vehicle got out of the vehicle to participate in the rescue operation.. The Shanxi Provincial Department of Transportation responded that it is highly concerned about this matter. The traffic police are currently investigating the specific cause of the accident.
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