Recently, some netizens revealed that an Ideal ONE caught fire after rear-ending a Weilai EC6 on the highway. Fortunately, both drivers and passengers were fine and the cause of the accident is under investigation. However, the accident directly caused the Ideal ONE to catch fire.
Judging from the exposed pictures, both cars suffered varying degrees of damage after the collision. A fire broke out at the front of the Lideal ONE not far away. The rear of the nearby Weilai EC6 was seriously damaged and deformed. The rear trunk glass was broken, one side of the bumper was dented, and the taillights were cracked.
At present, NIO and Ideal officials have not responded to the accident. As for why the rear-end collision occurred, why the fire broke out after the rear-end collision, and whether the vehicle was in assisted driving mode at the time, it is still unknown.
Data shows that Ideal ONE sales reached 7,649 units in October, a year-on-year increase of 107.2%. NIO EC6’s sales in October were 921 units, a sharp decline. Ideal and NIO are both new domestic car manufacturing forces. A rear-end collision occurred. Netizens commented: It is true that the road is narrow.
It is worth noting that this is not the first time that Ideal ONE caught fire. On August 6 last year, an Ideal ONE in Guangdong had an accident while driving and also caught fire.
After the accident, Li Auto issued a statement: According to relevant videos and data at the time of the vehicle accident, at 16:08:54, an object of about 20 cm in length that was suspected to be a piece of iron appeared in front of the vehicle and then entered the bottom of the vehicle. At this time, the vehicle speed was 115 kilometers per hour; at 16:08:59, the fuel line pressure dropped abnormally; at 16:09:06, the driver pulled over and the vehicle caught fire. According to cloud monitoring data, there were no abnormalities in the battery or range extender after the accident. The cause of the accident was initially determined to be that an object suspected to be a piece of iron was rolled up by a high-speed vehicle and penetrated the high-pressure oil pipe, causing fuel to splash and ignite at high temperatures in the exhaust pipe. The specific cause of the accident and detailed analysis results await detailed investigation and analysis of the accident site.
