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At 4 pm yesterday (May 17), a Geely Xingyue burst into flames on the road an hour after picking up a car at a 4S store in Dingzhou, Hebei Province. From the video circulated on the network, we can see that the vehicle caught fire while driving on the road in a normal state, and there was no trace of a traffic accident at the scene, which was suspected to be caused by spontaneous combustion. from a video point of view, we saw that the fire was in the rear part of the vehicle, and the position spread to the entire car body. after the fire, we can see that the whole vehicle is only left with body-in-white, while the interior of the cab, such as seats, is only a frame.

The video spread quickly after the accident. On the one hand, Xingyue was one of the most important models on Geely's product line, even the most beautiful domestic car. At the same time, it was also Geely's first sedan model using the CMA platform, which happened only a week after it came to market. On the other hand, there was news that the owner had just mentioned the car, and all the problems pointed to the vehicle itself. There is no doubt that the occurrence of this accident has its own heat attention attribute. By the time the news was released, Geely officials had not yet released a statement on the incident, and in the previous two days, Geely Yang Xueliang immediately responded on his Weibo when rumors about Geely's pay cut appeared online. There is news that its technicians have arrived to understand the reason for the story, and the facts need to be explained officially. At present, the online and related car forums are also occupied by this matter, and some prospective car owners of Xingyue have raised their concerns on the website.

Among the many models Geely has launched this year, Xingyue is very bright with the same design language as the BMW X6 and Mercedes-Benz GLE. Xingyue uses the CMA platform developed by Volvo and Geely in Europe. CMA is the acronym of Compact Modular Architecture platform, which means "compact modular construction platform" in Chinese. It is positioned lower than Volvo's SPA platform, but has a wider use. It is also part of the platform of Geely's compact model. Its Chengdu plant is responsible for the production of 600000 vehicles a year. At present, it is known that the full range of Lecker models and Volvo XC40 are all derived from the CMA platform. Xingyue's appearance is designed by Guy Donovan Berg, general manager and vice president of Geely's design center, who used to work for Volvo and is mainly responsible for the design of cross country models such as the V50.

Geely went public on May 10, a week before the incident, and Geely was at full power before the listing, and reports of the listing still occupy an important position on major automobile websites. Xingyue uses three power configurations, 1.5T and 2.0T turbogenerator and 1.5T plug-in hybrid. Market guidance prices for new cars range from 135800 to 216800, with plug-in hybrid versions using 11.3Kwh 's ternary lithium battery and a pure electric cruise mileage of 56 to 80 kilometers. As a result, its pricing has been criticized by some opponents, who think that Xingyue is too well positioned as a domestic car.

Geely carries Geely's expectations for future products in many ways, and this accident makes the topic very sensitive. Geely has refreshed the industry's understanding of domestic cars in the past few years, both at the capital and product levels. I don't know how much the incident will affect the follow-up sales of the above models. I believe that the factory will give a clear explanation in the short term to allay some consumers' worries. We continue to pay attention to the incident.

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