The electric vehicle five years accident 830,000 does not have the national standard manufacture level to be poor

Low-speed electric vehicle, said it is a car and no license plate, said it is not a car and the car is very similar, but also often run to the motor vehicle lane, both the old and young people drive. And we'll put "slow" in quotes because it's going pretty fast.

According to statistics from the traffic management department of the public security bureau, there have been 830,000 traffic accidents involving low-speed electric vehicles in China in the past five years, resulting in 18,000 deaths and 186,000 injuries.

Configuration than the car "good", driving safety is not guaranteed

Our reporter also found an electric vehicle sales market, sales here are mostly low-speed electric vehicles. Many sales staff have told reporters that the configuration of these low-speed electric vehicles than some cars are also good.

Is that what these salespeople are saying?

Low speed electric car sales staff: this is the central control lock, electric doors and Windows, VCD, CD, back image, warm air, radio, natural wind have, the bottom has been laid. You see this one, this one folds over to put things, pull things, the trunk of this one is all electric.

The low speed electric car on these markets let a person open one's eyes wide, have make it a car, have make it a family station wagon, the reporter still saw the off-road car of an appearance overbearing even.

Reporter: is this a jeep? What about motivation?

Low speed electric car salesman: power is ok.

Reporter: what about cross-country ability?

Salesperson: no problem. Direction power, brake power, electric rearview mirror, four wheel independent suspension, the United States imports four kilowatt generator, running smoothly.

These so-called low-speed electric vehicles are priced from 10,000 yuan to 40,000 yuan, from the outside looks like a standard car, then how about the safety of these low-speed electric vehicles?

At the end of 2016, China consumers association purchased three low-speed electric vehicles of different brands in the market in the name of ordinary consumers, and entrusted the national automobile quality supervision and inspection center to conduct safety crash test. The results were shocking.

Despite being tested at just 32km/h, the drivers and passengers of all three low-speed electric vehicles are at risk of fracture and heavy bleeding due to the lack of strong safety measures.

Low-speed electric cars are not slow: 830,000 accidents have occurred in the past five years

Performance is not up to the standard, charging fire accidents occur frequently

In addition to the lack of safety in the collision, the reporter found a more worrying scene in the investigation. That is, such a low-speed electric car battery optional disassembly and assembly, and the charger is what kind of all.

There is a video is a netizen shot the scene of the low-speed electric car on fire, the car is in charge when suddenly on fire, fortunately found in time, the surrounding residents are not in danger, but the low-speed electric car has been burned beyond recognition. In fact, many low-speed electric vehicles are not up to standard in terms of circuit, voltage and fault protection. It is not uncommon for low-speed electric vehicles to spontaneously ignite or catch fire while charging.

No national standard manufacturing level is poor

So, do these so-called "low-speed electric vehicles" have relevant national standards?

As for the standard of low-speed electric vehicle, the country has not clearly stipulated, and even what kind of car belongs to low-speed electric vehicle has not been explained. So where did this car come from?

Turns out, the predecessor of this kind of low-speed electric vehicle is the elderly scooter. But for the elderly, the country does not have clear standards, a wide range of models, all sizes of vehicles have. Back by that old car instead of walking evolved by the use of motorized wheelchairs for the disabled, motorized wheelchairs for the disabled in speed, shape, size, etc have very detailed standards, belongs to a non-motor vehicle, in accordance with the law on road traffic safety in our country article 58: motorized wheelchairs for the disabled, the electric bicycle within the non-motor vehicle lanes, top shall not exceed 15 kilometers per hour.

In recent years, in order to meet the market, some enterprises continue to modify the disabled motorized wheelchairs, so that the vehicle size is getting larger and faster, and more and more functions, has greatly exceeded the speed limit of non-motor vehicles, quality and size. From this perspective, the low-speed electric vehicle has now entered the category of motor vehicles from the original non-motor vehicles.

Zhou wenhui, director of the motor vehicle safety research office of the road traffic safety research center of the ministry of public security, said: according to the strict definition, this kind of car should belong to the automobile, but it is a kind of car with poor manufacturing level and cannot meet the standard.

Without a certificate to sell more than a million capacity

No relevant national standard, poor manufacturing level. How do you make a car like this and sell it on the market? The reporter investigated this.

Reporter: do you have a certificate?

Low speed electric car salesman: of course, if anything, it is allowed by the state.

Reporter: that qualified certificate is oneself hair of, still others hair of?

Low speed electric car sales staff: the government hair of, this is oneself can open?

The salesperson says rightfully strong, the car that expresses oneself has a plenty of to accord with national standard is eligible card, however, the expert says, this kind of car has eligible card impossibly.

Zhou wenhui, director of the motor vehicle safety research office of the road traffic safety research center of the ministry of public security: no way. If a car wants to come out, it must first go through the investment admission, then its production factory must meet certain conditions to obtain the license, and then the model also has to go through a number of national safety standards inspection.

Reporter: but for now?

Zhou wenhui: not even the first step. Not even the first step.

Reporter: so it can't be certified?

Zhou wenhui: yes, for example, the use of tourism vehicles, disabled motorized wheelchairs, it produces other cars (license) hanging on this said that these vehicles certificate, there is this situation.

Reporters found in the investigation, most of the low-speed electric cars are produced by the production enterprises in the name of sightseeing car, site car, etc., is actually not compliant with the road motor vehicle products, many production enterprises also did not go through the legal vehicle production procedures.

Whoever, in accordance with state regulations, manufactures or sells without authorization motor vehicle models produced without the permission of the competent department of motor vehicle products of the state shall be confiscated finished motor vehicle products and accessories illegally produced or sold and fined. If it has a business license, the administrative department for industry and commerce shall revoke it. If it does not have a business license, it shall be sealed up.

But why haven't these low-speed electric cars been effectively regulated?

Yu Lingyun, vice President of the tsinghua university school of law: low-speed electric car is a mess now the main reason is sold on the source and two link not sure good, one might it have this demand, the market development so say to the industry development, some local governments take the attitude of a support, allowing it to production.

Zhou wenhui: in the early stage of development, the relevant departments did not follow up in time, which led to more and more problems. It was difficult to manage and missed a good opportunity.

Experts told reporters that at present, shandong, hebei, henan, jiangsu and other places of the enterprise's total production capacity has exceeded one million. The reporter also found in the investigation, because the car sales volume is large, the lack of supervision on production, but also formed a related industry chain.

You don't have to get a license to sell it

According to national regulation, accord with production standard, be included in ministry of industry and information technology "road motor vehicle produces an enterprise and product announcement" medium car, just can go up motor vehicle licence. While the reporter found in the investigation, the low-speed electric vehicle was not included in this announcement, even though it has and general cars from the shape of the difference is not big, but it does not have a clear car identity, can not on the license plate, at the same time the driver does not need to get a driver's license. And this, also became the gimmick that businessman sells.

Reporter: with a driver's license?

Low speed electric car salesman: no license required.

Reporter :(I) can't drive.

Low speed electric car salesman: can teach you to drive, in a short time can learn.

Reporter: in a minute?

Low speed electric car salesman: HMM. Ever played bumper cars as a kid?

Reporter: bumper cars.

Saleswoman: yeah, it's like a bumper car.

Not only does it not require a driver's license, it has a bigger selling point.

Low - speed electric car sales staff: low - speed electric car without licensing.

Sales staff told reporters that the car does not need a license plate and driver's license, the so-called benefits of the car is much more.

Reporter: you have no license plate, run red light also have no relation?

Low-speed electric car sales staff: no license plate does not matter, this does not matter.

How to punish? Law enforcement faces embarrassment

From production to sales, low-speed electric cars are on the green light all the way. So, so many illegal ACTS, but also no one tube?

In fact, due to the illegal behaviors of low-speed electric vehicles, such as running red lights and driving in reverse, many local trafficspecial have carried out special actions. However, the effect is not obvious, and there are also some embarrassments in law enforcement.

Yu lingyun, associate dean of tsinghua university law school: [low-speed electric vehicle] once it's on the road, the trafficspecial have these problems in management. And if you say in terms of non-motor vehicle tubes, it's a lot of standard motor vehicle -- very fast, very high quality; If you're going to manage it as a motor vehicle, it's not in the motor vehicle inventory, so you have no basis for managing it.

Zhou wenhui: once the trafficspecial come across this kind of car, how should they be punished? There is no appropriate clause for this kind of car.

Expert advice: governance must begin at the source

On the one hand, low-speed electric vehicles solve the travel needs of some people; on the other hand, the production enterprises produce without permission, the products generally have low safety performance and poor quality, and most drivers and vehicles are undocumented. This kind of disordered development certainly disturbed the normal traffic order, affected the road traffic safety.

Experts also give advice on how to solve these problems.

Wang junxiu, a researcher at the institute of sociology of the Chinese academy of social sciences, said: "at first, the car was limited and its standards were strict. (second) it should be qualitative, what the function of the car should be, from the use of space to the use of personnel, what is its standard. This qualitative first do the first step, and then may do the corresponding production standards, the traffic management standards.

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