China’s Nio says two killed when test car crashed from third floor


An employee stands next to a ET7 sedan at a Nio Inc dealership in Shanghai, China. The accident occurred Wednesday afternoon, leaving a Nio employee and a person from a partner company dead, the firm said in a statement on its official Weibo account, adding that the incident was ‘not caused by the car itself’. — Bloomberg

Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio Inc said a test car crashed from the third floor of its headquarters in Shanghai, killing two people.

The accident occurred Wednesday afternoon, leaving a Nio employee and a person from a partner company dead, the firm said in a statement on its official Weibo account, adding that the incident was “not caused by the car itself”.

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