Per reporter: Dong Tianyi Per editor: Pei Jianru
According to the financial network auto report, a few days ago, a Nezha electric car was suspected of losing control in Nanning City, Guangxi Province. Live video from the Internet showed the car crossing the traffic at a very high speed and crashing into the road barrier in the middle of the road, eventually crashing into the rear of a trailer parked on the side of the road.
Image source: Screenshot of the video on the web
The video content shows that due to the fast speed of the vehicle, the huge impact force caused the front part of the vehicle of the accident to seriously collapse, the center console broke, the A pillar of the vehicle was also bent, and the whole vehicle was almost scrapped. On the edge of the vehicle's ejected airbag and door frame, there was also blood dripping, and the driver was injured in the accident.
Onlookers at the scene said in the video: "A tram 'flew over' directly from the opposite side. In the message area below the video, some netizens said: "Too scary! ”
Image source: Sina Weibo
In response to this matter, the Daily Economic News reporter contacted the relevant person in charge of Nezha Automobile, who said: "Nezha Automobile attaches great importance to this, has contacted the owner of the car, expressed concern and condolences, and will provide necessary help for the owner." The accident is being dealt with in the follow-up, and the cause of the accident is subject to the report of the local traffic management department and relevant professional authorities. ”
Judging from the on-site video, the accident vehicle is the Nezha V model, which is priced in the range of 65,900 to 120,800 yuan, and the NEDC has an endurance of 301 kilometers and 401 kilometers. As a pure electric small SUV with a focus on cost performance, Nezha V sold 10,600 units from January to February this year, ranking 6th in the sales list of new energy SUVs from January to February, ahead of GAC Aion Aion Y, BYD Yuan PLUS and other models.
Thanks to the hot sales of its models, Nezha Automobile has also jumped to the first echelon of sales of new car manufacturers. According to the data of the Association of Automobiles, from January to February this year, the cumulative sales of Nezha Automobile was about 18,000 vehicles, which was 3,000 and 1,000 fewer than the sales of ideal cars and Xiaopeng Automobile, respectively, and ranked third among new car manufacturers.
However, with the rapid increase in sales, complaints about Nezha's cars have also increased, including problems such as brake failure. According to the auto quality complaint website Car Quality Network, as of October 2021, it has received complaints from 5 Nezha V car owners from Chongqing, Tianjin, Jiangsu and other places, saying that the vehicle has a brake failure, and some car owners have also encountered more serious car accidents.
According to the report, the above-mentioned owner complaints involved the Nezha V 2021 long-endurance entertainment version and the long-endurance entertainment version of the upgraded two models, and the purchase date was concentrated from April to September 2021. From the perspective of the time period of the problem, the brake failure phenomenon mainly appeared within 3 months of the purchase of the car, and two of the owners suffered from the brake failure on the 5th day after the purchase of the car.
Image source: Nezha Automobile's official website
The report also said that the feedback from the owner shows that whether driving on the low-speed section of the city road or on the highway, the Nezha V involved in the complaint has hidden dangers of brake failure, which has a greater impact on driving safety. Among them, Mr. Luo, a car owner from Tianjin, complained that he purchased Nezha V in April 2021. When Mr. Luo drove the vehicle to the traffic light intersection, after releasing the accelerator pedal, he put his foot on the brake pedal, and during the automatic deceleration and sliding of the vehicle relying on kinetic energy recovery, Mr. Luo suddenly felt that the vehicle automatically accelerated, and the vehicle rear-ended the front car after continuously stepping on the brake pedal, causing serious deformation of the vehicle and injuring the owner's arm.
For the above accident, the report said that Nezha Automobile has repaired the owner's vehicle, but does not admit that there is a quality problem with the product. Among them, some car owners received a reply from Nezha Car, saying, "If there is any doubt about the test results, you can find a third-party testing agency for identification." ”
It is worth mentioning that in terms of safety configuration, the entire Nezha V model has only two airbags in the main passenger seat, and except for the Nezha V Pro long-endurance smart edition model, the rest of the models are not equipped with ESP (body stability system) and TCS (traction control system). After the suspected out-of-control accident of Nezha V, the reporter could not search the above complaint records on the car quality network, and the relevant problems may have been solved.
According to Qixinbao data, Nezha Automobile has completed 9 rounds of financing, with a total financing of more than 15 billion yuan, and investors include CATL, 360, BAIC Production and Investment, Huading Capital, etc. In addition, Nezha Automobile has also cooperated with Huawei, SenseTime, Horizon and other companies to complete the endorsement of core technologies such as intelligent driving computing platform, lidar technology and automatic driving chips, which also makes the outside world have higher expectations for Nezha Automobile.
Previously, according to the "Late Post" report, Nezha Automobile has now launched a Pre-IPO round financing with a target valuation of about 45 billion yuan, and plans to start an IPO in Hong Kong this year. However, there is a view that although the sales volume of several models of Nezha Automobile has shown a high growth trend, but this is the result of "price for volume", the main sales models of Nezha Automobile are currently in the market segment below 150,000 yuan, and with the rising cost of raw materials, its profitability may face a more severe test.
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