2026-06-06
Online passing Shandong Pingdu Xiaopeng car fire official response: No information on vehicle thermal runaway was found
On June 5, Xiaopeng Automobile officially responded: "The report on the fire of Xiaopeng Automobile in Pingdu, Shandong Province on June 4 was reported online. Our company investigated and analyzed the vehicle data at the place of the incident at the first time, and did not find any information related to the thermal loss of control of the vehicle." Review of the incident: On the evening of June 4, a number of Shandong netizens released a video saying that there was an explosion in Pingdu City, and there was a lot of fire and smoke at the scene. Media reports said that around 9 p.m. on the 4th, northeast of the intersection of Shenzhen Road and Zhengzhou Road in Pingdu City, an electric vehicle detonated while charging, igniting a house next to it. According to reports, the staff of the Pingdu Municipal Emergency Management Bureau confirmed that "the explosion of the chemical plant transmitted by the network is false news. The real situation is that an electric vehicle detonated. The fire was quickly dispatched, and after more than an hour, the fire was brought under control. There is also no chemical plant on this section of the road”. The specific reason for the burning of the vehicle is still under investigation by relevant departments.