April 22, 2019
SHANGHAI — U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. said it has sent a team to investigate a video on Chinese social media which showed a parked Tesla Model S car exploding, the latest in a string of fire incidents involving …
January 3, 2013
Chinese authorities say five workers were killed and 18 injured in Shanghai at a construction site for a parking lot being built to support a new metro line. Shanghai’s Work Safety Administration said on its microblog that a concrete structure …
December 2, 2011
U.S. battery maker Johnson Controls is at odds with Shanghai’s environmental regulator over tests the company says show it was not responsible for severe lead poisoning cases in children discovered earlier this year. The Milwaukee, Wis.,-based company said Wednesday that …
September 30, 2011
The China-based maker of signaling systems for the Shanghai subway line where two trains crashed this week, injuring 284 people, said Thursday that its equipment was not at fault. “Our signal system has nothing to do with this incident,” Casco …
September 29, 2011
A crash on one of Shanghai’s newest subway lines, the latest stumble in China’s rush to roll out modern services, is focusing attention on the use of high-tech signal systems that at times are anything but fail-safe. The collision Tuesday, …
September 28, 2011
A Shanghai subway train crashed into a stopped train during a signal failure Tuesday, injuring more than 270 people in the latest trouble for the newly expanded transportation system in China’s commercial center. The signal failure meant trains on Line …