Short Circuit Causes Fire in IAT Automobile’s Booth at Auto Guangzhou

On the day just before the opening of the 20th Guangzhou Intercontinental Auto Exhibition, a hearth abruptly broke out at the booth of IAT Car, a Beijing-based car technological know-how organization. On December 31, the enterprise said that the fire was triggered by an electrical short circuit.

IAT said, “after preliminary investigation, the debugging personnel disconnected the external ability switch and bought in the vehicle for debugging and the logistics staff turned on the exterior electrical power swap accidentally, which prompted an electrical short circuit and fireplace. The vehicle is a static notion exhibition car. Throughout the preparation procedure, the superior-voltage electric power method was taken off, and only a set of 12V low-voltage energy provide technique was retained.” The firm additional, “the fireplace did not cause sizeable losses to personnel or residence.”

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On the opening day of the car display, IAT held a press meeting and exhibited its merchandise as common. Even so, the booth was not wholly open. There was a huge black higher platform on the front of the booth to block component of the visual subject, and isolation belts have been established on the other two sides.

IAT unveiled a new technology of substantial-velocity clever digital automobile platform RUBIK.X and smart pure electric powered pickup truck TRUCK-MAD. The platform is composed of only 5 purposeful models, and 17 state-of-the-art systems this sort of as separation of higher and lessen car or truck bodies, integrated casting, chassis by wire, extremely-high force and integrated thermal management, which can improve the effectiveness of motor vehicle producing and verification.

TRUCK-MAD has a size of 587821982029mm, a wheelbase of 3622mm, a greatest velocity of 200km/h, a -100km/h acceleration time of 4 seconds, and a battery lifestyle of 800 km. Additional batteries can grow the cruising assortment to 1,000 km. In the huge auto body, TRUCK-MAD has a transparent cockpit technique, and the 360-degree display screen makes it possible for the driver to notice the street circumstances in serious time. The truck is outfitted with an outsized mobile toolbox, together with resources these kinds of as aid board, 1st support kit, mobile ability source and anchor position.

IAT’s major organization is vehicle and core part R&D and manufacturing. In the very first a few quarters of 2022, the company’s working cash flow reached 678 million yuan ($98 million), down 19.95{7b5a5d0e414f5ae9befbbfe0565391237b22ed5a572478ce6579290fab1e7f91} 12 months-on-year, even though internet revenue reached 94.2521 million yuan, down 33.50{7b5a5d0e414f5ae9befbbfe0565391237b22ed5a572478ce6579290fab1e7f91} calendar year-on-year. IAT claims to be a “forward-looking technological know-how-driven enterprise in the upstream of auto sector chain,” but in the initial three quarters of 2022, the company’s R&D expenditures only arrived at 43.6188 million yuan, down 42.56{7b5a5d0e414f5ae9befbbfe0565391237b22ed5a572478ce6579290fab1e7f91} year-on-12 months.

IAT is not glad just with developing and planning autos – it intends to develop cars independently. On March 28, 2022, it attempted to purchase 80.1{7b5a5d0e414f5ae9befbbfe0565391237b22ed5a572478ce6579290fab1e7f91} fairness of Tianjin Bojun, a business with generation qualification of standard fuel automobiles and new power cars, by an fairness transfer. Tianjin Bojun’s company scope covers the manufacture and profits of motor vehicles, engines, battery packs and electric powered travel techniques. On the other hand, this transaction was terminated in August.