The owner of one Xiaomi SU7 died after a head-on collision caused a fire in the vehicle, leading to a malfunction of the electric door system and preventing him from exiting the vehicle.
The incident occurred in the early morning of October 13, 2025 in Chengdu, China. The 31-year-old man was under the influence of alcohol when he collided with another vehicle and then crossed the central reservation.
At that moment the electric car flew off Xiaomi on fire. In a video shared on social media, people can be seen trying to smash the windows to get the driver out of the burning vehicle.
According to a technical study published by the Chinese magazine Caixininvestigators concluded that the doors could not be opened from the outside because the fire disabled the low-voltage system, deactivating the function that released the door handle.
The report added that the SU7 van Xiaomi has no mechanical locks accessible from the outside, meaning that opening the doors depends solely on electrical release buttons.
This was the third recorded fire incident involving a Xiaomi SU7 in 2025, according to the website CarNewsChina. A similar accident in March that killed three people raised concerns among authorities about electric door systems.
In response, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a new set of rules for car manufacturers. According to the updated regulations, manufacturers must ensure that doors have mechanical opening mechanisms that function even without power.
For new cars, manufacturers have until 2027 to implement the changes, while design changes to existing models must be made by 2029 at the latest.
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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