Vehicles owned by ride-hailing companies sit abandoned on Oct. 31 after the Jiangsu province city of Nanjing capped the number of cars the companies could operate in the area. There are about 1,100 vehicles in the parking lot and about 800 of them are new. Photo: IC

Many of the cars still have the plastic wrapping on their seats from the factory and many of them do not yet have license plates. Photo: VCG

One of the parking lot’s managers said that the cars have been left here for several months. Photo: VCG

Some of the vehicles already have the logo of China’s dominant ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing on their doors, or that of challenger Meituan Dache. Photo: VCG

Abandoned vehicles lined up on Oct. 31. Photo: VCG