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Fatal Xiaomi SU7 Ultra fire after crash in Chengdu raises questions over self-driving feature

S5 · 10/13
2025 · 03:16 · Xiaomi · Chengdu, China

Record

CompanyXiaomi
Categoryhumanoid
Typefire
Date10/13
2025
Time of day03:16
LocationChengdu, China
SeverityS5 (fatality or catastrophic loss)
Scale-
Confidencehigh
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceSouth China Morning Post

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A Xiaomi SU7 Ultra caught fire after a crash in Chengdu; the driver died after bystander rescue attempts failed, prompting scrutiny of the car's automated safety/self-driving systems.

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