China EV startup WM Motor issues recall after battery fires

Tencent-backed producer blames supplier and offers free replacements

20201028 WM Motor EX5 SUV

WM Motor said this week that one of its EX5 SUVs caught fire on the campus of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. © Reuters

NIKKI SUN, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- WM Motor, a startup electric vehicle producer backed by Tencent Holdings and Baidu, has issued a recall for more than 1,000 vehicles after three caught fire within a month.

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