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According to a report by Sina News, a NIO ET7 model fell from the third floor of a parking lot on Wednesday in Jiading (Shanghai) causing two deaths. The two digital cockpit testers were performing operational tests on the vehicle at the time of the accident. Commenting via its Weibo account, the EV maker said that “it can be preliminarily confirmed that this is an accident and has nothing to do with the vehicle itself”.
On Weibo, NIO said: “At around 17:20 on June 22, a NIO test vehicle fell from the third floor of the parking building of Shanghai Innovation Port, killing two digital cockpit testers, one of whom was a company colleague and the other was a partner employee. We are very saddened by this accident and express our deep condolences to the colleagues and partner employees who died. The company has set up a special team to help the family members deal with the aftermath”.
“After the accident, the company cooperated with the public security department to initiate the investigation and analysis procedures for the cause of the accident as soon as possible. Based on the analysis of the situation on the scene, it can be preliminarily confirmed that this is an accident and has nothing to do with the vehicle itself,” the company added..
After the arrival of the medical and the rescue team, the two occupants were sent to Shanghai Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital for treatment. One of them died due to “ineffective rescue”, and the second one was declared dead in the early morning of Thursday (June 23) after non-effective results following the surgery in the hospital.
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The ET5 model features the latest NIO Autonomous Driving (NAD). “With NIO Aquila Super Sensing and NIO Adam Super Computing, the car will gradually achieve a safe and reassuring autonomous driving experience in scenarios such as highways, urban areas, parking, and battery swapping”, the EV maker said in early January.
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On the first day of June, NIO reported 7,024 vehicles delivered in May showing an increase year-over-year and also from the previous month, when delivered 5,074 units. On NIO App, William Li answered to customers and enthusiasts saying “Thank you all! We will continue to work hard in June”.
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