(Yicai) Dec. 16 -- A car produced by Xiaomi Auto, the Chinese tech giant’s electric vehicle arm, collided with a staff member at one of the carmaker’s own vehicle delivery centers yesterday. No casualties have been reported.

The incident happed when the owner of a new Xiaomi YU7 -- a luxury crossover sport utility vehicle -- reversed into the employee at the Xiasha delivery center in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. The car was not in self-driving mode at the time, a source at the Beijing-based company said. The driver mistook the accelerator for the brake, The Paper reported.

Yicai learned from Hangzhou traffic police that an accident involving a vehicle did occur at the delivery center. They said they could not disclose further details, including whether the victim had died at the scene, as the case is ongoing.

The center opened in Mengma Auto Town in Hangzhou’s Qiantang district in March last year. It is the area’s first new energy vehicle sales headquarters, integrating vehicle delivery, after-sales maintenance, and other functions.

A Xiaomi SU7 Ultra -- a high-performance luxury sedan -- was involved in a fatal crash in Chengdu in October, when it caught fire after a collision and rescuers were unable to open the car’s doors.

Xiaomi Auto has sold more than 500,000 vehicles since April 3, 2024, with this year’s shipments already exceeding the company’s full-year target of 350,000 units.

Its November deliveries almost doubled from a year ago to 46,249 units, extending Xiaomi’s streak of monthly sales above 40,000 to a third straight month, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association. But sales fell 5 percent from October, the first month-on-month decline since July.

As of Nov. 30, Xiaomi Auto had 249 service points in 144 cities across the country, and it plans to add 36 more stores this month.

Editor: Kim Taylor