On November 13th, this afternoon, a collision involving the AITO Wenjie M5 Intelligent Driving Edition and a BYD Dolphin sparked widespread attention. Yu Chengdong, Chairman of Huawei’s Intelligent Car Solutions Business Unit, responded, stating that the customer mistakenly pressed the accelerator instead of the brake pedal, and the vehicle’s rear emergency braking system failed to recognize the stationary vehicle, resulting in a collision with the car behind.
On the evening of November 13th, Yu Chengdong responded to the “Dongguan Liaobu User Center Test Drive Accident”: during the scheduled test drive on November 13th, the customer mistakenly pressed the accelerator instead of the brake while reversing, leading to a collision with the rear car. Regarding the non-intervention of the AEB function, Yu Chengdong stated that after communication with the ADS team and quality control, the vehicle’s rear emergency braking system failed to recognize the stationary vehicle. The manual clearly indicates that after shifting to the reverse gear, the accelerator was pressed twice, each time at 100% throttle, for a total duration of 4 seconds. The acceleration was -5.83 m/s^2, the maximum motor speed was 3180 rpm, the maximum torque was 300 Nm, and the maximum speed was 32.82 km/h. Combining this information with the external recorder’s video, it was determined that the customer’s misoperation of the accelerator pedal caused the accident.
On the afternoon of the 13th, a collision involving the AITO Wenjie M5 Intelligent Driving Edition and a BYD Dolphin attracted widespread attention. The video shows that the AITO Wenjie M5 accelerated suddenly while reversing from the roadside, drawing an arc and colliding with a BYD Dolphin parked on the side of the road. Due to the excessive speed, the rear of the AITO Wenjie M5 even pressed onto the roof of the BYD Dolphin. The accident caused a certain degree of indentation on the driver’s side door of the BYD Dolphin.
Additionally, during the AITO Wenjie New M7 launch event on September 12th, Huawei introduced the “Omni-Directional Collision Prevention System,” claiming that the AITO Wenjie New M7 can achieve active safety in forward, lateral, and reverse directions, with AEB emergency braking capable of reaching a maximum speed of 90 km/h. At that time, Yu Chengdong stated, “It’s difficult even to collide while reversing.”
Furthermore, the AEB dispute between Yu Chengdong and He Xiaopeng, Chairman of XPeng Motors, concluded just after six days of ongoing arguments, with He Xiaopeng and Yu Chengdong reconciling. During the back-and-forth, Yu Chengdong emphasized the outstanding performance of Huawei’s AEB system.
After the accident, netizens criticized, “Isn’t it supposed to be difficult to collide even if you want to?” “Where is the AEB?”…