With the continuous expansion of the ownership of new energy vehicles, the accompanying accidents such as spontaneous combustion and fire have always been the focus of consumer attention.
On March 16, some netizens broke the news that a Chery small ant was suspected of spontaneous combustion, and ignited the new energy vehicle of Nezha next to it.
Judging from the photos at the scene, the fire of Chery's small ants is larger, and the front half of the vehicle is almost completely surrounded by fire, while the Nezha electric vehicle on the side is suspected of being ignited, the cabin part is on fire, and thick black smoke is emitted from both vehicles.
At present, Chery officials and relevant departments have not officially replied to the cause of spontaneous combustion of the vehicle, and whether there are hidden dangers in the models already on sale is still unknown.
In fact, small ants have also been exposed to fire and spontaneous combustion accidents before. In Puyang, Henan Province, in June last year, a small ant electric car spontaneously combusted, and during the fire, it also made an explosion from time to time.
Firefighters arrived in time to extinguish the fire after receiving the alarm, but the vehicle that caught the fire was seriously damaged, and even the SUV parked next to it was innocently implicated.
On July 27, 2020, in Songjiang, Shanghai, a Chery small ant electric vehicle spontaneously combusted, which not only triggered a second accident - an explosion, causing 3 people to be injured. In addition, the explosion also caused different degrees of damage to the owner's house, neighbor's house and glass.
Chery eQ1 is a miniature pure electric vehicle, commonly known as small ants, first listed in 2017, based on chery released in the same year LFS platform to build.
The Chery Ant on sale is a 2022 model priced at 63,900-81,900 yuan, equipped with 30.7 kWh of lithium iron phosphate/ternary lithium batteries and 40.6 kWh ternary lithium batteries.
Little Ant is currently the ace model of Chery's new energy camp, with sales of 13,147 units in January-February this year, and more than 10,000 vehicles in a single month in December last year, which has become Chery's "star" model.
However, as the sales of small ants continue to rise, problems also arise. Recently, Chery New Energy Ants have appeared on the complaint list one after another, and have been "high".
The problems involved in Chery Ants are even more varied, some can not be charged; there are battery failures; there are battery problems, etc., but the most complaints are concentrated in the two major problems of inability to charge and loss of power.
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In general, the longer the mileage, the more batteries need to be loaded, the more likely it is to trigger combustion, but it is not clear why the fire started.
In fact, whether it is battery failure, spontaneous combustion, or various quality problems, what is reflected is chery new energy's lack of quality and quality control.
Although the little ant is only a transportation model, if its own quality cannot be guaranteed, how can it be recognized by consumers?