Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Nio said a car crashed on the third floor of its Shanghai headquarters, killing two people.
An employee and a worker died in this accident. The crash happened around 5:20 a.m. Wednesday local time, the company said. People died in cars that fell from buildings. Nio said he and government officials had launched an immediate investigation into the incident.
The area on the third floor where the car collided is described differently as an exhibition hall, a test site and a parking lot. “Our company has initiated an investigation and an analysis of the cause of the accident together with the Ministry of Security and Public Security,” he said. The company said in a statement. “We express our deepest condolences for this tragedy and our deepest condolences to our deceased colleagues and colleagues,” the statement said. Nio’s first statement about Weibo received over 1,000 responses in 30 minutes, but was later deleted.
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The last sentence of the phrase “cars have nothing to do with themselves” aroused great anger among social networking service providers (SNS). One “shows the gloomy blood of capitalism,” and the other “the last sentence is so careless.” It is said that [the test driver] came to test the car, but you say that [the accident] has nothing to do with the car ”. Must?” Another Weibo user said: “There must be a public security agency to confirm that it was an accident.”
Since then, the carmaker has released a revised version of the statement, which it calls another accident, but now puts it in brackets to emphasize this part of the phrase “it was not caused by a car accident”. All replies to new posts are now “RIP”. Nio is at the forefront of China’s efforts to dominate the electric vehicle industry. He charged high rates for replaceable car batteries to alleviate consumer concerns about frequent recharging. The company competes with the electric car manufacturer of billionaire Elon Musk, Tesla, which has a large factory in Shanghai.
