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 metal of go flying. And for a moment, the truck’s front wheels lift off the ground from the sheer violence of the crash.