Two killed after Chinese electric car falls from third floor of company’s offices

Nio criticised over statement that said accident at Shanghai HQ was not caused by the vehicle'

A leading Chinese electric car company has said two people were killed when one of its vehicles fell from the third floor of its Shanghai headquarters.

Nio, a homegrown brand sometimes seen as a potential rival to Tesla, said the incident happened at about 5.20pm on Wednesday. One of the victims was its employee, and the other from a partner company. They were both inside the vehicle when it fell.