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A Hong Kong YouTuber with over 250,000 subscribers recently claimed that during a demonstration of an electric car’s braking system by China’s Li Auto, a real person got run over by the company’s flagship multipurpose vehicle, MEGA.
The 11-minute video included a short clip showing the MEGA striking what appears to be a human, said to be an employee of the auto manufacturer who was acting as a pedestrian in the test. The person was thrown into the air in the video. The YouTuber did not provide information about the source of the clip.
Since it was first posted on the video-sharing platform in late March, the video has been viewed over 108,000 times and received 4,900 likes. Many comments indicated users believed the clip was authentic and mocked the decision to use a real person in the demonstration.
The same clip was also shared on X by different users, with some posts erroneously calling MEGA “a self-driving” car. Many X users reacted and commented, seemingly believing that a real human was launched into the air.
However, the clip actually shows a dummy target. It was not Li Auto that conducted the test in this footage, either. The video in question is a behind-the-scenes clip by PCauto, a popular car information website in China.
Through a reverse image search on Baidu with keywords like “理想 [Li Auto] MEGA” and “撞人 [hit someone],” Annie Lab was able to find the full test video and the behind-the-scenes.
We learned that PCauto was examining 14 popular car models and measuring the maximum speed at which their autonomous emergency braking (AEB) systems get activated.
AEBs are designed with sensors to detect obstacles on the road, such as pedestrians, other vehicles, animals, and so forth, and apply brakes automatically when necessary.
PCauto tested AEBs in eight different scenarios, one of which included a pedestrian crossing the road in front of a car.
The full version of the testing video clearly shows the “person” with the black top and blue bottom is, in fact, a mannequin with detachable limbs. The bottom of the mannequin was attached to a belt drive so that it could be moved and mimic walking.
The website explained in the video (1:49) that the test was conducted repeatedly until each car hit the target or reached the maximum speed allowed on the test track.
The clip we investigated appears to be part of the tests with MEGA running at 80 kilometers per hour, which can be seen at 12:01 (see below).
Despite the unsuccessful attempt to avoid the collision at 80 kph, MEGA was able to stop in front of the dummy at 70 kph, ranking among the top three in the test.
PCauto uploaded the behind-the-scenes clip on March 26, earlier than the full review video, which was published on April 16.
The behind-the-scenes version was taken from the spectator’s perspective. It did not clearly show the mannequin target or explain the circumstances of the test, which could have been the reason some users thought it was a real person.
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