Overview
- A viral Sept. 19 demonstration showed an SUV ejecting its high‑voltage pack 3–6 meters in under a second using a gas generator, with the battery landing in a prepared pit before crews covered it.
- Stage graphics and markings tie the event to the China Automobile Collision Repair & Technology Research Center at a “Power Battery Launch Technology Demonstration and Exchange Meeting.”
- Chery’s iCAR brand said the system has nothing to do with it, and Joyson Electronics denied having any cooperative development agreement with the group linked to the demo.
- Engineers and commentators raised safety and feasibility concerns, warning a heavy, potentially burning pack could endanger people and traffic and might not eject in real crashes if structures deform.
- No specifications, safety data, regulatory filings, or production plans have been made public, and coverage notes EV battery fires are comparatively rare based on EV FireSafe research.