The BMW i3, an all-electric version of the classic BMW 3 Series, was officially launched in China on March 31 to target the market where the Tesla Model 3 is located.

This indicates a further acceleration of BMW's electrification in China, the German luxury carmaker said at the time, adding that with the launch of the new BMW i3 and the debut of the BMW i7, BMW has presented five pure electric models to Chinese customers.

Notably, this is the latest recent accident involving an electric vehicle test drive.

On July 17, state-owned China National Radio reported that the left front wheel of a Li L9 test car from Li Auto sank into the bodywork and could not be driven properly, with a suspected air suspension failure.

Yesterday, in the second week after the Li L9 test drive opened, another accident put Li Auto back in the spotlight.

According to information circulating in a WeChat group, a Li Auto employee was driving a potential consumer to experience the vehicle's acceleration performance when the car accidentally hit a guardrail on the right side of the road.

Li Auto comes back into spotlight with second Li L9 test car accident