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recently, an accident in which an xpeng mona m03 hit an audi while parking automatically has attracted widespread attention. "our after-sales staff has contacted the customer and is actively handling the issue." on the evening of september 17, a relevant person in charge of xpeng motors responded to a reporter from the daily economic news.

on the evening of september 16, a blogger named "alpaca's pajamas" posted on social media: "a kid was driving an xpeng mona with automatic parking, and it hit someone else's car. he told me about it, but i didn't believe it. i said there couldn't be a problem with this basic function, and it must have been you who hit it. but i went to try it, and it really hit someone else's car. it was such a wide road and so far away, and there were no cars around. but it detected the car while reversing, but it still hit the car directly."

on the afternoon of september 17, a reporter from the daily economic news checked the content posted by "alpaca's pajamas" on weibo and found that the graphic and text content about the above-mentioned xiaopeng mona m03 hitting the audi during automatic parking no longer existed.

image source: sina weibo (@羊驼的睡衣, deleted)

judging from the accident pictures circulating online, the xiaopeng mona m03 of "alpaca's pajamas" hit an audi car, and the scratches were mainly concentrated on the left front headlight. "the headlight of the car was damaged. if it cannot be repaired, it will cost 50,000 yuan to replace the light." "alpaca's pajamas" replied to netizens in the comment area.

xiaopeng mona m03 is a new high-volume model launched by xiaopeng motors on august 27, with over 30,000 orders in 48 hours. "it took four years and 4 billion yuan to develop this product, which is fully targeted at the 200,000-level. the goal is to become a classic model that exceeds the level." at that time, he xiaopeng, chairman of xiaopeng motors, said.

xiaopeng mona m03 offers three models, namely the 580 ultra-long-range max version priced at 155,800 yuan, the 620 ultra-long-range version priced at 129,800 yuan, and the 515 long-range version priced at 119,800 yuan.

"alpaca's pajamas" revealed in the comment section,the model involved in the accident is an xiaopeng mona m03 that costs more than 120,000 yuan, and it is most likely the 620 ultra-long-range version of the xiaopeng mona m03.

official data shows that xiaopeng mona m03 has two versions in terms of intelligent driving: standard version and max version. it comes standard with 20+ intelligent sensing hardware, 2 millimeter-wave radars + 12 ultrasonic radars + 7 cameras, and has l2 intelligent driving capabilities and full-scene intelligent parking.

image source: xiaopeng motors official website

the reporter checked the official website of xiaopeng motors and found that the 620 ultra-long-range version of xiaopeng mona m03 is equipped with 2 millimeter-wave radars, 12 ultrasonic radars, 3 intelligent assisted driving hd cameras, and 360 hd surround-view cameras, and has apa full-scene intelligent parking.

regarding the above accident, "alpaca's pajamas" said: "i can only say that the automatic parking of xiaopeng mona m03 is too abstract and completely unusable."

"alpaca's pajamas" said that he had tried parking at so many companies before and trusted this function too much. he couldn't believe that such a basic function would have problems. the technical department is still investigating the cause of the accident.

regarding the cause of the scratches in the automatic parking state, the above-mentioned xiaopeng motors official said,at present, weak scenes caused by light and other factors cannot be ruled out, and the specific reasons need to be analyzed in combination with specific data.

source: daily economic news