On July 29th, Ideal Auto released its first pure electric SUV, the Ideal i8, and played a video of the vehicle's heavy-duty truck chain impact test at the press conference. The video shows that the Ideal i8 is scraping against rigid obstacles at a speed of 61 kilometers per hour, and the battery pack bottom protective plate structure is intact; In addition, after a frontal and side collision test with a heavy-duty truck at 100 kilometers per hour, the A-pillar, B-pillar, C-pillar, and door beam showed no deformation, all 9 airbags were deployed, the battery pack did not leak or catch fire, the car doors automatically unlocked, and the door handles automatically popped open.
However, the heavy truck brand used in the test video was discovered by netizens to be a Chenglong truck, and in the collision, all four wheels of the heavy truck bounced up, causing the cab to almost collapse on the front window of the Ideal i8, raising doubts among netizens about the safety of its truck. And initially, the steering wheel of the collided heavy-duty truck model was not coded, but later in the official video released by Ideal, the car logo was coded.
The official Tiktok account of CLTruck replied that the legal department was dealing with it, and said in the comment area, "When being put on the line, smart people can see the fake at a glance", "I don't know what the director behind me thinks, and what you think of the actual collision", which seems to indicate that there may be a problem in the test. According to reports, on the afternoon of July 30th, the staff of Chenglong Truck stated that Chenglong Truck has always adhered to the concept of quality first and safety first. Every vehicle leaving the factory has undergone strict quality control and safety testing, and the company will continue to follow up on this matter.
