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On June 9, 2011, the official investigation of the Hangzhou Municipal Government held that the cause of spontaneous combustion of electric taxis was the same as the battery part. Most of the incidents of spontaneous combustion of electric vehicles without media coverage also follow this understanding.

A purely electric 825 bus spontaneously ignited while passing through Zhongshan Park. The location of the fire was the capacitive part at the lower left of the car. Subsequently, the manufacturer of the electric vehicle, Yan Yuan, deputy general manager of Shanghai Leibo New Energy Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shanghai Leibo), said that the cause of spontaneous combustion was a problem with the lithium iron phosphate battery on the vehicle.

This is only 3 months since Hangzhou Zhongtai Langyue electric taxi spontaneously ignited. On June 9, 2011, the official investigation of the Hangzhou Municipal Government held that the cause of spontaneous combustion of electric taxis was the same as the battery part. Most of the incidents of spontaneous combustion of electric vehicles without media coverage also follow this understanding.

After several incidents, under the inertia of anxious and avoiding misery, new energy vehicles represented by electric vehicles are back on the road. The secrets of the entire industrial chain around the standards, manufacturing, and operation of electric vehicles are hidden.

Coverage and Controversy

All parties entered a state of zombie in dispute. Some members of the investigation team of the incident have claimed that the opinions of various experts are not uniform.

The details of the official investigation report of the Hangzhou Zhongtai Langyue electric taxi spontaneous combustion incident have not been formally announced. Under the game of all parties concerned, the truth is getting farther.

On April 11, 2011, the Zhejiang AT2618 Tailangyue electric vehicle driven by Zhang Xuejun, a driver of Hangzhou New Energy Taxi Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Hangzhou New Energy), spontaneously ignited. On the following day, Wu Jianzhong, chairman of Zhongtai Automobile, rushed to Hangzhou to handle related matters. He said that the "April 11" incident was comparable to the "9.11" of the United States for Zotye.

After some investigation, Zhongtai stated that although the self-igniting electric taxi is a Zhongtai Long Yue model, the part of the fired battery is not the manufacturer's “original”. A management person from Zhongtai, who declined to be named, said that Hangzhou New Energy purchased a “naked car” without batteries, but the cause of the accident was a problem with the battery, so it should not be held by Zotye.

Hangzhou New Energy believes that, in accordance with past practice, if a car accident occurs due to product quality problems during use, it should be the responsibility of the entire vehicle company, and the entire vehicle company will then claim compensation from its suppliers according to the accident liability.

The accidental transmission of the Chung-Lung Longyue transmission vehicle uses a battery produced by Wanxiang Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd. The company stated that after testing the other 29 electric taxis, the quality of the battery cells it produced was fully qualified and there was no danger of spontaneous combustion. This incident was caused by improper use and maintenance.

The Hangzhou Electric Vehicle Service Company (hereinafter referred to as “Hangzhou Electric Vehicle”), which is responsible for providing battery rental for these electric taxis in Hangzhou, believes that there is no accident in the daily battery replacement, maintenance, and maintenance. The spontaneous combustion should be the quality of the battery itself. Problems arise.

All parties entered a state of zombie in dispute. Therefore, the Hangzhou Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision decided to entrust the investigation of the cause of the accident to a third-party organization, the Zhejiang Fangyuan Inspection Group under the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, and hired 11 experts to rush to Hangzhou for investigation. The survey results were released on June 9.

The official report stated that the accident could not be considered to have quality problems in the design and manufacture of the battery cells, but that the batteries could not fully meet the needs of the vehicle's use environment after being grouped. Can discover in time, after repeated use after many times, hidden dangers appear, causing this accident. In other words, the investigation report concluded that all batteries used as a single battery were qualified, but after the battery pack had been assembled, there was a problem that caused spontaneous combustion.

On July 20, 2011, He Xiuling, head of the Automotive Industry Division of the Hangzhou Economic Commission, emphasized: "This investigation report was signed by all participating experts."

However, some members of the investigation team of the incident claimed that the opinions of various experts on the incident are also not uniform. One of the experts said: "I just submitted my own investigation opinion and did not sign the report together with other experts in accordance with the normal process." "I have not seen the survey report they said."

The disadvantages of the system

The fact is that Hangzhou New Energy Taxi Company has separately purchased the battery provided by Wanxiang, not the original battery of the auto factory. This should be monitored by the traffic control department to supervise the modification. Hangzhou New Energy Taxi Company is responsible for the use of safety industry and information. The announcement of the m6(226) batch of the Ministry of Chemical Sub-committee revealed that when the accident occurred, Zhongtai Longyue Electric Vehicle used the lithium iron phosphate battery produced by Sky Energy (Luoyang) Co., Ltd. (Zhonghang Lithium Battery) when logging in the new car catalog. However, including the self-ignition of the car, including 15 vehicles operating in Hangzhou Zhongyue Long Yue pure electric vehicles have adopted universal battery products.

As a battery supplier, Wanxiang Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd. is a local company in Zhejiang Province. It specializes in the production of lithium-ion batteries for pure electric vehicles. Since 2009, it has become a pilot for the demonstration and promotion of energy-saving and new energy vehicles in Hangzhou, and Wanxiang started to work with the national grid. Cooperation in the promotion of pure electric vehicles. The interpretation given by the Hangzhou Municipal Government is: “In Hangzhou, the mode of exchange of electricity is mainly used, and the mode of plugging and charging is supplemented. The size of the battery box for the exchange of electricity is uniform, and the batteries are all provided by Wanxiang Electric.”

According to the “Automobile Technology Progress and Technological Transformation Project and Product Catalog”, the use of existing capabilities to produce pure electric vehicle retrofit projects or power module construction projects must satisfy: maximum speed ≥ 100km/h; continuous driving range ≥ 200km. According to the technical data of the "original" Zhongtai Longyue electric vehicle previously released by Zhongtai Automobile, the battery life of the Long Yue pure electric vehicle using CNAC's lithium battery can reach 200 kilometers, which meets the above criteria.

The actual situation is that the use of universal battery Langyue taxi cruising range can only reach a maximum of 110 kilometers, there is still a considerable gap between the above criteria.

Similar to the entry declaration system for traditional fuel vehicles, according to the Regulations on the Management of New Energy Vehicle Manufacturers and Product Entry Management, when the technical solutions or technological sources of new energy vehicle products that have been granted access have changed, enterprises should apply again. Product access, submission of materials, and description of the main differences between new applications and access to products.

Wang Hao, deputy director of the Institute of New Energy Vehicle Detection Technology at the Shanghai Motor Vehicles Monitoring Center, explained that if Zotye makes technical changes to the Longyue pure electric vehicle, it should declare it again; if it only removes the battery, it sells naked. Cars, and all the parts in the bare car are the same as those in the Ministry of Industry and Information, so there is no need to report again.

In other words, if the batch of pure electric vehicles purchased by Hangzhou New Energy Taxi Company is purchased by Zotye to replace the battery modules after the purchase, Zotye will need to report again and be responsible for the product after its final technological transformation. However, the fact is that Hangzhou New Energy Taxi Company separately purchased the battery provided by Wanxiang, not the original battery of the vehicle manufacturer (Zhonghang Lithium Battery). "This should be supervised by the traffic control department for the modification, and Hangzhou New Energy Taxi Co. Responsible for using security," Wang Xi said.

For this unreasonable practice, Wang Xi believes that the lack of relevant regulations and standards for new energy vehicles. “Now the country has specific quality requirements for single cells and battery modules, but there are no relevant technical standards for the battery management system and battery box yet. When reporting to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the battery management system is Not tested."

Follow the subsidies

Behind these two companies, their major shareholders all point to Hangzhou Dayou Technology Development Co., Ltd. In the battery rental model adopted by Hangzhou Electric Taxi, Hangzhou Da You Technology will directly receive these subsidies.

After the incident of the self-ignition of the Langyue electric taxi, the city of Hangzhou continued to increase its code in this area. According to the plans of the Hangzhou Municipal Government, the number of electric taxis will increase from 30 to 200 in 2011; by the end of 2012, private purchases of new energy vehicles will reach 20,000. The cake that pushes new energy vehicles is being made bigger.

At the policy level, the government follows the "battery-centric" subsidy concept for new energy vehicles. According to the standards for public vehicles and private consumption subsidies for new energy vehicles that have been introduced, the maximum subsidy for electric buses can reach 500,000 yuan, even if the electric taxi with the same type of private consumption can also receive 50,000 yuan according to the allocated battery capacity. - 60,000 yuan subsidy. In this way, Hangzhou New Energy and Hangzhou Electric Vehicle have unlimited business opportunities. However, behind the two companies, their major shareholders all point to Hangzhou Dayou Technology Development Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as DaYue Technology), which is the only company in Hangzhou that is engaged in battery rental service for pure electric cars. In the battery rental model adopted by Hangzhou Electric Taxi, Hangzhou Da You Technology will directly receive these subsidies.

According to Zhejiang Industrial and Commercial Registration, Da You Technology was established on December 18, 2001, with a registered capital of RMB 10 million. Its main business is the design, construction and operation maintenance of distribution automation and building intelligent systems. Ring network switch and pole switch), monitoring terminal, communication system, monitoring master station and related supporting software. Its legal representative, Wang Quan, had worked in the Zhejiang Provincial Electric Power Bureau for a long time and later worked in the sea and had previously organized Hangzhou New Energy Automobile Investment Co., Ltd.

Da You Technology is wholly-owned by Zhejiang Da You Industrial Co., Ltd., and Da You Industrial is wholly owned by the Hangzhou Electric Collective Assets Management and Management Center. Hangzhou Power is also part of the State Grid. As a result, the great technology that provides battery rental services for Hangzhou electric taxis has become a subsidiary of the State Grid.

However, new energy Hangzhou taxi company in Zhejiang industrial and commercial registration system can not find it any relevant registration information. Meanwhile, in the list of taxi services business traffic information network in Hangzhou, Hangzhou New Energy also can not find a taxi company.

In fact, since entering since 2009, to the national grid as the representative of the energy and power companies to enter the field of electric vehicles, it has become a common trend. State Grid, China Southern Power Grid, Putian and other energy companies have signed a new energy vehicles cooperation project with a number of OEMs, their aim is undoubtedly the alternative at the end of 2008 had reached 96,000 large network of service stations.

The profits of oil companies, so that these power companies see huge market opportunities in the future era of new energy vehicles, all have this high stakes, to some extent, electricity and energy companies of this "passion", is also pushing China New Energy Vehicle's "rising" mood.

It is understood that on July 18, Shanghai's self-ignition electric buses originate from Shanghai Leibo New Energy Automobile Technology Co., Ltd. It is a company jointly established by China East Grid Corporation under the State Grid Corporation of China, Shanghai Electric Power (600021) and Shanghai Ruihua (Group) Co., Ltd. It is responsible for the commercial operation of electric vehicles.

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