Weilai's "automatic driving door" is still fermenting, and "infighting" even occurs between car owners.
On August 18, Weibo, titled "Huang Boss Selling Cabbage", posted on Weibo that the owners of Weilai automobiles spontaneously issued a "Joint Statement on the Cognition of the NOP/NP System" (hereinafter referred to as the "Statement").
The statement said: "We are clearly aware that nio's NPP is currently a driver assistance system, not an automatic driving system or an unmanned driving system; NIO's introduction and publicity of NPP does not confuse and mislead us." More than 500 car owners have signed the statement.
After the release of the above-mentioned "Statement", some other WEILAI car owners did not recognize this. There is a "joint statement against car owners" in the Weilai app, and as of press time, more than 6,000 people have left messages. Owners who opposed the statement said they did not support the argument in the statement that a small group of owners could not represent everyone.
In this regard, the relevant person in charge of Weilai said that this is not the behavior of the official organization, and it is inconvenient to respond.
Source: Weibo
Owners of "infighting"
It is reported that the initiator of this "statement" is Lin Wei, the owner of weilai. According to media reports, Lin Wei said that the statement did not communicate with weilai's official contact. Limited by the platform, only 500 car owners signed, and the purpose of the launch was to show the rational image of Weilai car owners.
On the evening of the 18th, Lin Wei said that the statement was accompanied by signatory information, and the title and full text did not represent others, did not represent the unsigned car owners, and did not represent "all car owners".
Source: NIO App
On August 19, CSI Jun browsed the WEILAI App and found that there was a differentiation within the owners of Weilai. Car owners who question or oppose the Statement account for the majority.
Some car owners said: "The actual result caused by the joint statement of Weilai car owners is to kill Weilai, and everything can be done after the results of the police investigation." ”
Another car owner said: "Car companies do not engage in rice circle culture, car owners instead of enterprises to speak, this logic can not be understood." ”
At the same time, there is a "joint statement against car owners" in the Weilai App, and as of press time, more than 6,000 people have participated in the message. A large number of car owners who opposed the statement said that although they were users of Weilai Car, they did not support the views in the statement, and a small number of owners could not represent everyone.
Traffic police exclusive response to "self-driving gate"
On August 14, an obituary was published on a personal public account certified as "Beauty and Good".
The obituary said that at 2 p.m. on August 12, 2021, Lin Wenqin, founder of Shangshan Ruoshui Investment Management Company, founder of Yitong Tianxia Catering Management Company, and founder of Meiyihao Brand Management Company, died in a traffic accident in the Hanjiang section of Shenhai Expressway after driving the WEILAI ES8 car to enable the automatic driving function (NOP pilot status), and died at the age of 31.
It is reported that Lin Wenqin has successively founded a number of well-known restaurant chain brands such as "Yiqi Hong Kong-style Afternoon Tea", "Daxi Spicy Mix", "Pot Juxia", "Jia Ru Hua Jia Powder" and so on, with more than 500 franchise stores nationwide.
Lin Lihong, a lawyer entrusted by the family of the car owner who died and the executive director of Beijing Quanyou Law Firm, told China Securities News that the case is still under investigation and is waiting for the technical appraisal of the vehicle.
On August 18, a reporter from China Securities News went to the Putian Expressway Detachment of the Traffic Police Corps of the Fujian Provincial Public Security Department to exclusively interview the latest developments in the police investigation into Lin Wenqin's car accident.
The road in the section of the network transmission accident was rough, and the relevant person in charge of the Putian Expressway Detachment said: "The accident occurred in the plain section, and that place is relatively straight. ”
In response to the online rumor that Weilai had unauthorized access to the accident vehicle without the permission of the police, the person in charge said: "We will not allow anyone to move (the vehicle). (WEILAI) can find the car, technically there is no difficulty at all. There was no requirement that after the police detained the car, all GPS positioning systems should be removed. ”
On August 18, the Putian Expressway Traffic Police in Fujian Province issued a "Police Intelligence Circular" pointing out that at 14:18 on August 12, Lin X drove a Min CD5XXX electric vehicle in the rear lane of the Hanjiang section of Shenhai Expressway in putian City, and the rear of the Min A95XXX light ordinary truck that was driving by Li X was under construction, causing the driver of the electric vehicle, Lin X, to die on the spot, the truck rider Wang X was injured, and the two cars were damaged to varying degrees. Putian traffic police said that the public security traffic police department will make a responsibility determination in accordance with the law on the basis of accident investigation.
On the evening of August 16, Weilai issued a statement saying that in order to ensure the safety of the battery of the accident car after the high-speed collision, at more than 17:00 on the same day, the Weilai service personnel carried out a power outage operation in the parking lot of the accident car, and the operation itself would not cause data loss. Weilai said that the company did not delete any data and no employees were summoned by the police.
Lin Lihong said that the case is currently trapped in the "appraisal agency". At present, the appraisal agency still does not have a very good understanding of the technology of new energy vehicles. The various scientific and technological functions of new energy vehicles are different from traditional cars, and identification also involves software level, and the experience of ordinary automobile identification agencies is limited. The identification of materials is very critical, because the most important thing in the process of restoring accidents is data.
The incident sparked a widespread discussion in the industry about the safety of "autonomous driving". Cui Dongshu, secretary general of the Association, believes that consumers should learn and understand their functions when purchasing vehicles with auxiliary driving functions, and manufacturers also have the responsibility to educate consumers on how to use this function, how to avoid danger, and how drivers should remain vigilant. Let vehicles serve us safely, rather than over-trusting autonomous driving, leads to risk.
This article originated from China Securities News