Recently, an Ideal One owner reported that he suddenly encountered a "brake failure" while driving on the high speed, and had to rely on the braking effect generated by kinetic energy recovery to slide the car to the service area.
Ideal is a new power brand that makes its own cars. As the new car was delivered less than half a year ago, the problem was exposed and attracted the attention of many netizens.
On May 12, Ideal Auto released a statement about the disappearance of the Ideal One electronic brake power.
According to the official, after a technical test of the vehicle, the fault of the vehicle is the disappearance of electronic power, the reason is that an electronic component of the electromechanical servo power mechanism accidentally communication failure, resulting in the failure of the brake power system.
Ideal also claims that the mechanical braking function remains after the electronic braking assistance is gone, allowing the driver to press the brake pedal hard to bring the vehicle to a safe stop.
At the same time, the authorities said that the mechanical and electrical servo assist mechanism used by Ideal One is a mature component used by mainstream automobile enterprises. The fault is a rare case of suppliers and there is no batch risk.
Ideal One is a plug-in extended-range hybrid electric vehicle. Inside the engine cabin is a 1.2T three-cylinder engine provided by Dongan Power. The main function of the engine is to generate electricity, which is directly used to drive the vehicle by the motor or stored in the battery pack.
So far for the netizens concerned about the spontaneous combustion incident, the ideal official has not given the results of the investigation.
Ideal Auto is a new energy vehicle company founded by Li Xiang in July 2015. The company was previously named "Che Hejia", and in March 2019, Che Hejia changed its name to Ideal Auto.
Ideal Automobile acquired the production qualification through the acquisition of Lifan Passenger Cars, and established its own factory in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province.
In August 2019, Ideal Auto announced the completion of a $530 million C round of financing, led by the founder of Meituan Wang Xing investment of nearly $300 million, Li Xiang personal investment of nearly $100 million, the valuation of Ideal Auto after the investment is about $2.93 billion.
So far, the accumulative financing amount of ideal car reached 1.575 billion dollars.
Word has it that Ideal Auto is preparing to set up an offshore structure for an overseas listing, something Mr Li himself has discussed.
It is said that the main reason for the IPO in the United States may be that the "capital" required to build a car is far more than the ideal car imagined.