Open the "Knowing Cars Weekly" to read about the major events in the car industry this week. Hot events last week: 1. The owner of a Xpeng car rear-ended someone while driving assisted driving, killing someone. At the same time, companies should also be reminded that they need to

article: Original by Understand Car Emperor Xing Qiuhong

[Original by Understand Car Emperor Industry] Open "Understand Car Weekly" to understand the major events in the car circle of the week.

Hot events last week:

1, Xiaopeng car owner drove assisted driving and rear-ended someone, causing death

2, Toyota door lock occurred again after the accident

3, Lei Jun revealed the latest progress of Xiaomi Motors: it will enter autonomous driving in 2024 The first camp

4, Ideal ONE rear-end construction trailer

5, Great Wall responded to the rumors of "renegade fresh graduates" spread online

6, July sales list was released, BYD became the biggest winner again

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★ Xpeng car owner driving assistance Driving rear-end collision causing death

Accident scene video screenshot

html On the afternoon of August 10, a serious accident caused by intelligent driving occurred on the Ningbo section. A Xiaopeng P7, with assisted driving turned on, hit a malfunctioning vehicle parked on the elevated road at a speed of 80km/h. A man was knocked away at the scene, causing casualties.

Mr. Chedi once again reminded that most of the intelligent driving systems currently in mass production on the market are assisted driving and cannot be completely relied on. At the same time, companies should also be reminded that they need to be cautious when promoting intelligent equipment such as assisted driving systems. Car owners should be clearly informed that autonomous driving technology is still immature, and car owners should pay attention to road conditions at all times and remain vigilant.

★ After the Toyota accident, the door was locked again.

Source: Internet information

I still remember that not long ago, the door of the Lexus LM was locked after a high-speed accident. One trapped person died unfortunately. A similar situation happened again.

A few days ago, a Toyota Corolla twin-engine accident occurred in Guangdong. The front of the car was severely damaged. White smoke continued to rise. The front airbags deployed. However, after the accident, all the doors were locked. . According to the on-site rescue video, many people participated in the rescue, pulling together and even using tools to try to pry the door open, but they failed to open it successfully. During the rescue, thick smoke continued to rise from the front part of the car, and people involved in the rescue used fire extinguishers to put out the fire many times.

★ Lei Jun revealed the latest progress of Xiaomi Auto: it will enter the first camp of autonomous driving in 2024

Xiaomi’s autonomous driving goals

htmlOn the evening of August 11, at Xiaomi’s autumn new product launch conference, Xiaomi Technology founder and CEO Lei Jun gave a long speech Lecture lasting 3 hours. The most noteworthy thing is that Lei Jun revealed the latest progress about Xiaomi cars, including: Xiaomi's autonomous driving technology has entered the testing phase, with 140 test vehicles planned for the first phase, which will be tested across the country; the goal is to enter the car market in 2024 The first camp in the autonomous driving industry.

★ assisted driving caused another accident, and Ideal ONE rear-ended a construction trailer

Source: Internet information

Recently, according to a video circulating on the Internet, an Ideal ONE rear-ended a construction vehicle ahead while driving on the highway. It is reported that the vehicle was turned on at the time. Assisted driving systems.

Ideal’s official response stated, “The user turned on the NOA function, but the user was always in a hands-free state, that is, not holding the steering wheel. In addition, the accident exceeded the working range of the ADAS of the 2021 Ideal ONE (stationary vehicle).” At the same time, it said, "At present, the accident has been dealt with, and the user recognized the cause of the accident."

★ Great Wall Motors Vice President responded to the online rumor that "the fresh graduates broke the contract"

On a workplace social platform, some netizens posted: Great Wall Motors is still breaking the contract. Fresh graduates

Recently, on a workplace social platform, some netizens posted that Great Wall Motors had broken contracts with fresh graduates. Fu Xiaokang, vice president of Great Wall Motors, said that Great Wall Motors has issued more than 10,000 offers to college graduates in 2022, and nearly 8,000 people have been hired so far. The remaining graduates will also complete their employment by the end of this month. This is not true.

★ 7 monthly sales list is released, BYD once again becomes the biggest winner

BYD Dolphin

A few days ago, the Passenger Car Association announced the retail sales data of major manufacturers in July. Car companies that sold more than 100,000 vehicles that month include BYD, FAW-Volkswagen , SAIC Volkswagen , Changan Automobile and Geely Automobile .

Specifically, BYD beat the North and South Volkswagen with 158,957 units and won the championship in the manufacturer's retail sales list that month. BYD also continued to maintain a three-digit year-on-year rapid growth in that month. Judging from the analysis of sales in various market segments previously released by understands car emperor , BYD Dolphin, Qin PLUS DM-i, Song PLUS DM-i, Yuan PLUS, etc. all ranked among the top sales in market segments in July.