Two people have died after a Nio electric car they were testing fell on three floors in Shanghai, the company said.

• Two people have died after a Nio electric car they were testing fell from three floors, according to a Nio statement.

• The company did not specify in its statement the cause of the accident.

• Social media users in China said Nio has a responsibility to make sure the driving test is safe.

Two people were killed after an electric car made by China’s Tesla competitor, the Niu, fell three floors in Shanghai Wednesday afternoon, according to the company. statement On a Twitter-like platform in China, Weibo.

The two people were driving one of Nio’s cars at its headquarters in Shanghai when the accident occurred, according to the statement. One person was an employee of Nio, while the other worked for a supplier.

The pictures that were circulated on social media and published in Chinese media appear to show chaos at the scene.

In one image, rescue workers appear to surround a gray vehicle lying on its side, according to a tweet from a China-based electric vehicle news outlet. CnEV. Broken glass and debris can be seen around the vehicle.

“Based on an analysis of the situation at the scene of the accident, it can be tentatively confirmed that it was an accident and not related to the vehicle itself,” Niu wrote in a Weibo statement. She added that investigations are ongoing.

The company did not specify in its statement the cause of the accident. Various media reports describe the floor from which the car fell as a test drive, a car park or a showroom. Nio did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.

Apparently, the car involved in Wednesday’s accident is an ET5, which features self-driving technology South China Morning Newspaper (SCMP).

Another Nio that had a fatal accident last year. A Chinese businessman died in August after his Nio ES8, whose self-driving system was activated, was another vehicle on a highway in Fujian Province, according to SCMP.

Founded in 2014, Nio markets itself as a luxury car brand Focus on self-driving cars. Often seen as a file A competitor to Tesla. Nio is publicly listed in New York, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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Several Weibo users asked Nio’s handling of Wednesday’s incident.

Zhongcao Daren Zhuge, an influencer on Weibo who has 5.1 million followers, said Friday that Nio is responsible for ensuring the environment was safe during the test drive. “Why was the vehicle not tested in a certain area? Why were there no guard rails and protection facilities? Did the personnel receive safety training?” wrote in Another Weibo.

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