I believe everyone knows about the recent tragedy.
On April 26, a Wenjie M7 vehicle in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province, was involved in a traffic accident and caught fire after hitting a maintenance vehicle.
On April 28, AITO Wenjie issued a statement saying that at around 16:34 on April 26, 2024, a serious traffic accident occurred in Yuncheng, Shanxi.
According to the national platform data access management regulations, it was learned that the vehicle was operating at a speed of 115km/h when the accident occurred, the airbag was opened normally, and the characteristics of the power battery pack were normal. Wenjie said that it is actively cooperating with the local traffic police department to carry out the accident investigation, providing all necessary data to restore the cause of the accident, and providing all possible support to the family. The specific investigation results are subject to the follow-up report of the traffic police department.
Subsequently, Bosch refuted the rumors, saying that the model that occurred was not equipped with Bosch's plan, in fact, no matter whose plan it was, as long as it was not a high-end intelligent driving AEB, it had no role in this accident, and the working range of Bosch's AEB program was 4-85km/h, and the speed of 115km/h when the vehicle collided, in this case, AEB was invalid, and even deceleration could not be done, and Huawei's high-end intelligent driving models could intervene at this speed.
In addition to the focus of discussion, I would like to talk about one of the most fatal designs that caused this tragedy in this accident - the hidden doorknob. I've said many times before that hidden doorknobs are anti-human design, but it didn't take long for them to become a prophecy.
Some of the videos that can be sent can be seen that after the accident, when the firefighters came to the rescue, the vehicle had not completely burned, and there was time to rescue the two people in the car at this time, but because the door could not be opened, two people in the car were killed, it can be seen that the overall frame of the vehicle is relatively complete, there are no many people who make up for the brain, and the door is seriously damaged and cannot be opened. The customer service of AITO Wenjie responded that most vehicles do not have an automatic unlocking function, and the driver and passenger in this accident have lost consciousness and cannot open the door from the inside of the car. Regardless of whether it is an invisible door handle or not, external rescue can only smash the car window.
And even if the window is broken, the rescuers still did not open the door, which is really puzzling, some people say that it is because the mechanical unlocking structure of the door has failed, some people say that it is because the child lock is opened, before the complete investigation of the accident comes out, we can not tell, but one thing is certain, the hidden door handle, absolutely brought obstacles to the rescue.
Some people say that if there is no automatic unlocking function after a collision, whether it is a hidden door handle or a mechanical door handle, the door cannot be opened from the outside, which is indeed the case, but ah, in this accident, the rescuers have opened the window, why still can't open the door? If it is a mechanical door handle, the door can be opened by pulling the handle from the inside, and the rescuers cannot even know this, and the structure of the rear door is relatively complete, if it is a mechanical door handle, the probability of breaking the window and not opening the door in this case is very small.
In fact, many models have the function of automatically unlocking the door after a collision, including German, Japanese, American and some domestic brand models, and in this case, the mechanical door handle will be automatically unlocked, you can flip through the manual of your car to see if there is automatic unlocking after the collision, and even some cars, after sudden braking, can be automatically unlocked, and the hidden door handle, because the structure is more complex, will lead to failure in critical situations, just like this time.
In addition, the first reaction when rescuing in an emergency is to try to pull the car door, if you can't even find the doorknob anywhere, it will cause the rescuer to be more anxious.
Hidden door handles, in addition to a little better, a little stronger sense of science and technology, can reduce a little bit of almost negligible wind resistance, the rest is all shortcomings, just like this kind of rescue blockage, and the winter freeze can not be opened, the structure is more complex, the failure rate is higher, and the maintenance cost is higher.
I still have that point of view, hidden door handle is the most anti-human design in the history of automobile development, there is no one, many previous designs, may affect the use of experience, but not to endanger life, and hidden door handle, the critical moment is really fatal, new energy vehicles, or more research and research, how to improve the reliability of hidden door knobs at critical moments, or simply use semi-hidden it.