On January 26, a person familiar with the matter revealed that Tesla will sue the self-media big V of a certain platform, "Xiao Gang Senior", for violating its right to reputation.
In this regard, Tesla responded to the media that there is indeed this matter, and said that it has officially filed a lawsuit with the court today.
Tens of millions of fan bloggers test video caused controversy
On January 26, Tesla's relevant departments said that they had officially sued Chen Zhengang (account name @ Xiaogang Xuechang) on a platform with tens of millions of fans today. As for the reason for the lawsuit, Tesla said that the blogger cheated the data in the test video.
According to relevant media reports, the cause of the incident originated from April 29 to 30, 2021, and the blogger named "Xiaogang Senior" has posted two videos on the Internet titled "Use your two cars to do an emergency brake test".
In the video, the blogger personally drives the Tesla Model 3 and Xiaopeng P7 models, driving in the closed road to the paper fake car and humanoid doll that have been placed in advance, releasing the accelerator pedal at a distance of 50km / h from the obstacle and then not stepping on the brake pedal, only relying on the vehicle's AEB (Automatic Emergency Braking System) for active braking, without colliding with the obstacle is considered a "test" success.
According to the final test structure, the Tesla Model 3 failed to brake successfully, hitting the paper car and the dummy, while the Xiaopeng P7 braked perfectly. It is reported that the two videos received a total of 600,000 likes.
However, after the release of the video, it caused a series of controversies on the Internet. Careful netizens found that the blogger Xiao Gang was suspected of stepping on the accelerator pedal during the AEB intervention when "testing" the Tesla Model 3.
According to the analysis of relevant netizens, it can be found from the video that in the "test" stage that should be taxied by the vehicle and waiting for AEB intervention, there is still an "energy bar" display above the central control screen of the Tesla Model 3, and a fainter "energy bar" can also be seen before it is about to collide with an obstacle. The "energy bar" represents that the car has the power to output, and then the netizen speculated that the blogger Xiao Gang had stepped on the acceleration pedal of the Tesla Model 3 many times in the process.
In response to the problem of whether the video has data fraud, another blogger named "Xiao Li Feiche" also posted a number of videos questioning the authenticity of its content.
With the continuous fermentation of the incident, Tesla revealed today that it has officially sued the blogger Xiao Gang. In this regard, the blogger Xiao Gang released a Weibo statement: "Okay, I know." "It is suspected that there is a response to this indictment.
There are more than 100 Tesla dispute lawsuits
According to the statistics of the National Passenger Car Market Information Association, in 2021, Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory delivered a total of 484,100 new cars, an increase of 235% year-on-year.
In 2021, Tesla delivered a total of 936,000 vehicles worldwide, of which Tesla China accounted for 51.7%. Tesla has said in public on several occasions that the Chinese market is one of its most important markets.
However, with the deepening of Tesla's layout in China, its product quality, especially the reliability of the automatic driving function, has also faced controversy from the consumer level and all sectors of society.
It is worth noting that in response to some false doubts, Tesla's legal department has successively "counterattacked" these doubts and filed a lawsuit.
According to the data of Tianyancha, as of now, there are 46 judicial risks in Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., of which 3 involve disputes over the right to reputation, and 82 judicial risks exist in Tesla Motors (Beijing) Co., Ltd., of which 6 involve tortious liability disputes and disputes over the right to reputation.
Editor: Ye Shujun
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