Baptism of fire for electric cars and their batteries

AFTER A WHITE TESLA SEDAN burst into flames in an underground garage in Shanghai on Sunday evening, a NIO ES8 model went up in smoke in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, on Monday. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

Because of the two incidents, many are saying it was a "gloomy Monday" for electric cars.

Some people joked that they no longer dare park in a space next to an electric car, with a few people even uploading photos on their micro blogs of lonely electric cars in parking lots, with all parking spaces nearby empty.