Weimar has frequent spontaneous combustion.
Weimar Automobile responded in Weibo today. 10? Month? 27? Day? 2 1? Around ten o'clock, one? EX5？ A fire broke out in the Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, North Fourth Ring West Road, Haidian District, Beijing. It has been reported to the competent department as soon as possible, and professionals have been sent to the scene to assist in handling it. We are now fully cooperating with the public security, fire protection and relevant regulatory authorities to carry out accident investigation, and the follow-up results will be announced as soon as possible.
Subsequently, CRRC called the relevant person in charge of Weimar Automobile, and the person in charge responded. After on-site judgment, the tires of the car are intact, the back door is not damaged much, and there are no signs of overheating in the rear seats. He said, "At present, we are still waiting for the appraisal results of fire protection. Yesterday's incident was a sudden individual incident. "
According to public information, Weimar Automobile was established in June of 20 15, and its headquarters is in Shanghai, China. It is an emerging new energy automobile enterprise and travel scheme provider in China. Its founder is Freeman Shen, former vice president of Geely Holding Group, senior vice president of Volvo and chairman of Volvo China.
As we all know, this is not a case of spontaneous combustion of Weimar cars. 65438 this year10.5, a new car in Shaowu City, Fujian Province has just been put into use for five days and is in a parking state? Weimar EX5 electric vehicle spontaneously ignited on the roadside, and finally the whole vehicle was scrapped. A week later, in the early morning of June+10/October 65438+March, another Weimar electric vehicle spontaneously ignited while charging, and the whole vehicle was severely burned. Subsequently, Weimar Automobile said that in view of the spontaneous combustion of two Weimar electric taxis, the battery problem of the system was initially investigated, and a scheme to replace the battery of high-quality contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. was put forward.
In addition, some netizens have recently been exposed on online social platforms. A Weimar EX5 with "Su M" license plate in Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province is suspected of spontaneous combustion. In the video, there is smoke from the bottom of the vehicle, and the cause of the fire is still unclear.
It is reported that the earlier Weimar spontaneous combustion incident has also caused widespread concern. 2065438+On August 25th, 2008, a Weimar EX5 parked by Chengdu Weimar Automobile Research Institute spontaneously ignited. Officials said that this is an early test vehicle that has undergone many destructive tests. It has entered the scrapping stage and is waiting for disassembly. On September 23rd, 20 19, a Weimar EX5 pure electric vehicle in Wenzhou spontaneously ignited. Fortunately, the battery pack loaded on the car did not catch fire or explode.
Yesterday's spontaneous combustion of Weimar electric vehicles once again pushed Weimar electric vehicles to the forefront. Obviously, for Weimar, spontaneous combustion is no longer an accident.
Recall spontaneous combustion vehicles, IPO road test?
This afternoon 14, Weimar Automobile issued a document in Weibo, announcing that from now on, it will voluntarily recall 1282 Weimar automobiles produced between June 8, 2020 and September 23, 2020 to users, and replace the recalled vehicles with power batteries of other battery brands for free.
In addition, on the platform of black cat complaints and gathering complaints, Weimar Automobile now has more than 100 complaints, among which "quality problems" and "refund" are the focus of complaints. According to the black cat complaint platform, Weimar Automobile only received questions after customers gave feedback, but most of them did not follow up the follow-up situation.
Due to the recent frequent spontaneous combustion incidents of Weimar cars, consumers' complaints on the platform have not been resolved in time, which makes consumers become rational about buying Weimar.
It is reported that Weimar Automobile sold 265,438+007 vehicles in September and 6,200 vehicles in the third quarter. Among them, the sales champion is Weimar EX5-Z. Compared with 4,708 vehicles from Weilai, 3,504 ideal vehicles and 3,478 vehicles from Tucki, Weimar ranks at the bottom of the sales of domestic new forces.
As we all know, Weimar has been financing since its inception. Eye of the Sky survey shows that Weimar Automobile carried out angel round financing in June 20 15, with Amoeba Capital as the capital. Followed by seven rounds of financing, large and small. The 654.38+00 billion D round of financing completed on September 22 this year is called the largest single round of financing by the new car-making forces so far. According to media reports, 9? Month? 30? In fact, the website of Shanghai Securities Regulatory Bureau revealed that Weimar Automobile has received the listing guidance from CITIC Construction Investment Co., Ltd. and is ready to sprint to science and technology innovation board.
As for the specific listing time of Weimar, the person in charge said "no comment" to CRRC.
It is worth mentioning that according to the statistics of 79 cases of Weimar Automobile, there are 5 1 case of patent ownership disputes, and Weimar Automobile's defendant status in civil first instance is as high as 73 cases. In the latest court announcement, Weimar Automobile still appeared as the defendant in the intellectual property dispute between Geely and Weimar.
Insiders pointed out that if Weimar loses the case, it will face huge compensation, which will also shake Weimar's future development and cash-out ability for investors and institutions. It is reported that in 20 19, Geely sued Weimar and claimed 2 1 100 million yuan for the dispute over infringement of trade secrets in the automobile industry.
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