The owner of one Xiaomi SU7 he died after a head-on collision caused a fire in the vehicle, causing the door’s electrical system to fail and preventing him from exiting.
The accident occurred in the early hours of October 13, 2025 in Chengdu, China. The 31-year-old man was under the influence of alcohol when he collided with another vehicle before crossing the central reservation.
At that moment, the electric car of Xiaomi it caught fire. In a video shared on social media, people can be seen trying to break windows to extract the driver from the burning car.
According to an expert report published by the Chinese magazine Caixininvestigators concluded that the doors did not open from the outside because the fire caused the low-voltage system to shut down, disabling the feature that unlocked the handle.
The report added that the SU7 Of Xiaomi It does not have mechanical locks accessible from the outside, so opening the doors depends solely on electric release buttons.
This is the third case of fire involving a Xiaomi SU7 registered in 2025, according to the site CarNewsChina. A similar accident in March, which killed three people, raised authorities’ concerns about electric door systems.
In response, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has come up with a new set of rules for automakers. Under the updated regulations, manufacturers must ensure that doors are equipped with mechanical opening mechanisms that function even in the absence of electrical power.
For new cars, automakers have until 2027 to implement the changes, while design changes for existing models will have to be made by 2029.
Xiaomi shares plunged nearly 9% after a fatal crash involving its SU7 electric car, Bloomberg reports
According to the outlet, a 31-year-old driver in China collided with another vehicle, crossed into the opposite lane, and the car caught fire. Witnesses tried to pull the man… pic.twitter.com/yPQ70FoKXN
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