This program was presided over by Xiao Qiang, the "Zhejiang Consumer Rights Protection Public Welfare Ambassador" of Zhejiang Provincial Consumer Protection Commission and the first brand news host of Zhejiang Radio and Television Group. Wang Yinglai, an expert of the Consumer Protection Commission of Zhejiang Province, provided technical support.
Press background
Why did the vehicle fall into the water, and it is difficult for the people in the vehicle to survive? Today, we're going to talk about this topic.
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Cases of death
On December 24, 2021, a Tesla Model Y in Liyang, Jiangsu Province, suddenly lost control and crashed into the river after crashing through the bridge railing during the turn. Inside the crashed car was a couple who both drowned and died.
On February 9, 2015, a Volkswagen Passat in Shaanxi Province crashed into the river, and the driver was unfortunately killed.
On January 30, 2015, a 4S shop in Wuhan, Hubei Province, accidentally fell into the river during the test drive, and all four people in the car were killed.
On July 21, 2012, during a heavy rainstorm in Beijing, a Mr. Ding drove an SUV under the Guangqumen Bridge in Beijing and drowned.
Survivor cases
On the evening of February 22, 2012, a Ms. Xu in Hangzhou and her 9-month-pregnant daughter accidentally drove into Hangzhou's Xianghu Lake. After floating on the lake for 10 minutes, the car finally waited for the rescue boat, and Ms. Xu and the pregnant woman's daughter were all rescued.
The vehicle falls into the water, the mortality rate of the people in the car is high, and the reduction is the main reason!
Minus one:
Reduced door seals, vehicle water ingress acceleration! Frameless doors are the most dangerous!
Since the door seals and the vehicle are the same design life, the rubber quality requirements are extremely high. We learned that the price of each door sealing ring is about 250 yuan, we calculate according to the annual sales of mainstream models of about 100,000 vehicles, reducing the left front door and the right front door 2 sealing rings, automobile manufacturers can increase profits by about 50 million yuan a year.
Minus 2:
Reduced rear seats overturned, no escape door!
It is understood that the vehicle is reduced by 46 points in the rear seats and the tipping function, which can reduce the cost by about 400 yuan. According to the annual sales of about 100,000 vehicles in this class, car manufacturers can increase profits by about 40 million yuan per year.
Low-range models are downgraded with a rear seat tipping function to reduce costs. However, a small number of high-end business models cannot be overturned because the center armrest position of the rear seat needs to achieve a lot of functions, so it is forced to abandon the rear seat tipping function.
Subtraction 3:
Reduced trunk escape device, no escape door!
Trunk escape devices are mandatory safety standards in the United States, and vehicles without trunk escape devices are prohibited from sale.
This function, on the one hand, is the need to escape from the water, after the vehicle falls into the water, because most of the vehicle engine is in the front of the car, the front of the car sinks relatively fast, the rear of the car is cocked, exposed to the water, so that you can escape from the trunk; on the other hand, to prevent someone from being hijacked and kidnapped, locked in the trunk.
Domestic Tesla has successively reduced its allocation
Tesla's first domestic model was the Model 3, and Tesla did not understand domestic regulations at the beginning, retaining many foreign mandatory safety standards.
Tesla's second domestic model is the Model Y, which has conducted in-depth research on China's regulations and reduced allocations in accordance with the minimum standards of China's regulations.
Wang Yinglai, an expert of the Consumer Protection Commission of Zhejiang Province, commented
If it were not for this accident, few people would pay attention to the successive reductions in the safety configuration of Tesla's domestic models.
An accident is a test of a model's safety configuration and corporate conscience.
Products such as character. If a car company produces products according to the minimum standards of the regulations, compliance is fine, but what about your conscience?
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