Truck transporting AITO cars catches fire on highway in Hubei

TapTechNews May 17th news, according to a video circulated on the Internet today, a truck transporting cars caught fire on a highway, and many AITO brand products on the vehicle were burning, with thick smoke billowing at the scene. TapTechNews found out that the incident occurred on a highway section in Hubei, and the truck was loaded with many new AITO M9 and AITO M5 cars.

Seres Automobile responded to Yicai about this matter, stating that on May 17th, during the process of a logistics company transporting Seres commercial vehicles and passing through the Hubei Cai Dian section of the G50 Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway, a combustion accident occurred. The preliminary determination of the cause was that the braking system of the truck locked up, causing the rear wheels of the truck to catch fire, and the fire spread, resulting in damage to the loaded commercial vehicles.

The involved logistics company, Anji Automobile Logistics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., also released an accident description, and the accident cause disclosed by this company was the same as that of Seres: On May 17th, during the process of our company transporting Seres commercial vehicles and passing through the Hubei Cai Dian section of the G50 Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway, a combustion accident occurred. The preliminary determination of the cause was that the braking system of the truck locked up, causing the rear wheels of the truck to catch fire, and the fire spread, resulting in damage to the loaded commercial vehicles.