Ideal ONE overturned a motorcycle due to a broken axle, and the official accused it of being a rumor. The person involved responded that it was indeed man-made.

On February 4, Ideal Auto officially announced that the rumor about the Ideal ONE accident video circulating on the Internet recently, which was said to be a broken axle and out of control, was a rumor. Ideal Auto said that the real cause of the accident was that the vehicle collided with a street lamp and hit a motorcycle driving normally on the road. The suspension system of the accident vehicle was intact and there was no broken axle. Neither the Ideal Auto driver nor the motorcycle driver was injured.

Ideal Auto strongly condemns the subjective conjectures on the Internet that lack factual basis. At the same time, Ideal Auto has taken legal measures to safeguard its own rights and reserves the right to take legal measures against relevant responsible persons.

Online information shows that a car blogger previously released a message saying that Ideal ONE was suspected to have lost control and crashed into a motorcycle due to a broken axle.

The video shows that after the Ideal ONE car in question was driving at high speed on an uphill road, it suddenly sank on the left side when turning at high speed on a parallel section of road, lost control and crashed into a passing motorcycle on the right.

The car blogger said that Ideal ONE was suspected of losing the left front wheel positioning support function during high-speed cornering. He also mentioned that Ideal Auto had previously recalled some cars due to the problem of the ball pin of the lower control arm being pulled out and broken.

However, the owner of the car in question has come forward to clarify, saying that it was a human error and he lost control after hitting the pole, but the axle was not broken.

In addition, other netizens provided pictures of the scene, and there was no obvious abnormality with the left front wheel of the Ideal ONE car.

According to the official data recently released, Ideal ONE's sales in January were 5,379 units, a 12% decrease from the previous month. It is the only automaker among the three new car-making forces to experience a month-on-month decline.

Some analysts said that the poor sales performance of Ideal ONE is mainly due to its single model. With the localization of Tesla Model Y, its advantages are further weakened.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.