On a quiet afternoon in Ningbo, a parked electric SUV became a reminder that the risks embedded in a vehicle do not always announce themselves at the moment of purchase or impact. A Zeekr 7X, carrying unrepaired collision damage from some earlier chapter of its life, ignited near a charging station without being connected to one — a detail that shifts the story from infrastructure failure to the quieter dangers of deferred accountability. The incident arrives at a moment when the global electric vehicle market is still negotiating the boundaries of responsibility between manufacturers, owners,