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CX Daily: Controversial Li Auto Video Levels Spotlight on ‘Customized’ Crash Testing

Published: Aug. 27, 2025  9:52 a.m.  GMT+8
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In Depth: Controversial Li Auto video levels spotlight on ‘customized’ crash testing

In the video, a sleek SUV and an 8-ton truck barrel toward each other on an empty street. When the vehicles finally meet, the video slows, highlighting every detail of the head-on collision. The SUV’s front-end crumples. The truck’s cab pitches forward. Bits of metal go flying. And for a moment, the truck’s front wheels lift off the ground from the sheer violence of the crash.

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