The owner of one Xiaomi SU7 died after a head-on collision caused a vehicle fire, causing the electric door system to fail and making it impossible for him to exit the vehicle.
The incident occurred in the early hours of October 13, 2025 in Chengdu, China. The 31-year-old man was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident when he collided with another vehicle and then crossed the center lane.
At that moment the electric car started from Xiaomi to burn. In a video shared on social media, people can be seen trying to break the windows to rescue the driver from the burning vehicle.
According to one from Chinese magazine Caixin According to published reports, investigators concluded that the doors could not be opened from the outside because the fire disabled the low-voltage system, thereby deactivating the door handle unlocking function.
The report added that the SU7 von Xiaomi has no externally accessible mechanical locks, so opening the doors depends solely on electrical unlocking buttons.
This was according to the website CarNewsChina the third recorded fire of one Xiaomi SU7 in 2025. A similar accident in March that killed three people had heightened authorities’ concerns about electric door systems.
In response, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology developed new regulations for automobile manufacturers. Under the updated regulations, manufacturers must ensure that doors have mechanical opening mechanisms that work without electricity.
For new vehicles, manufacturers have until 2027 to implement the changes, while design adjustments for existing models must be made by 2029.
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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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