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Today, some media reported that Tesla will officially sue a platform of tens of millions of fans of the Internet celebrity Chen Zhengang (account name @ Xiaogang Xuechang), according to Tesla revealed that the reason for the prosecution should be test data fraud.
In response, Tesla's relevant departments said that there is indeed such a matter, and today it officially filed a lawsuit with the court.
The test video from six months ago has caused controversy again
It is suspected of stepping on the electric door before the collision occurs
It is reported that the cause of the incident originated from April 29 to 30, 2021, @Xiaogang has posted two videos on the Internet called "Take Two Cars to Test Emergency Braking".
According to the video, the test content is: @ Xiao Gang Senior Driving Tesla Model 3 and Xiaopeng P7 two models, driving in the closed road to the paper fake car and humanoid doll that has been placed in advance, releasing the accelerator pedal at 50km/h 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 obstacles is regarded as "test" success.
The results of the "test" showed that whether it was a paper fake car or a humanoid doll, the Xiaopeng P7 braked the car before the collision occurred.
The Tesla Model 3 hit obstacles twice. Among them, the paper fake car test did not brake, and the dummy test had brakes but did not brake.
In the video, @ Xiaogang also received a call from a service center in Xiaopeng, saying that he received a collision warning message from the headquarters, called to follow up, and asked about the situation.
@Xiaogang Senior emphasized in the video that he did not step on anyone or hold anyone, both of which were his own cars, he just did a simple test and recorded it. However, many netizens joked that @Xiaogang had collected Xiaopeng's advertising fees.
At that time, this matter had caused a hot discussion on the Internet. After more than half a year, this matter has once again been on the hot search.
It is worth mentioning that since January 19 this year, another blogger @ Xiao Li Feiche has successively released a number of video hammers @ Xiao Gang Senior.
@Xiao Li Feiche said in the video, @ Xiao Gang Senior "Take Two Cars to Test Emergency Braking (Part 1)" video, Tesla Model 3 stepped on the electric door before crashing into the paper fake car.
In fact, at that time, some netizens pointed out that @ Xiaogang senior stepped on the electric door before the Model 3 collision.
Some netizens found in the video that in the "test" stage that should have been taxied by the vehicle and waiting for AEB to intervene, there is still an "energy bar" display above the central control screen of tesla Model 3, and a fainter "energy bar" can be seen before it is about to collide with obstacles, "energy bar" means that the car has the power to output, and then speculates that @ Xiao Gang has stepped on the accelerator pedal in this process.
Did you step on the electric door? When did you step on it?
How does an energy bar work? For example, Tesla Model 3 new system, when the kinetic energy recovery is opened, the "energy bar" of the electric door will rise to the right, and the color is gray; the "energy bar" of the electric door will rise to the left, and the color is green. And Xiao Gang's test vehicle may be an old system.
In both videos, there is a picture of "energy bars". In the video "Take Two Cars to Test Emergency Braking (Part 2)", the "energy bar" appears when the vehicle starts, which is not controversial.
In the video "Take Two Cars to Test Emergency Braking (Part 1)", when the driving distance in the vehicle is already very close, the "energy bar" appears, which is the key to the controversy.
However, @Xiaogang released a video "Tesla Test No Clip Recording" on April 30, 2021 to respond to the question. The video shows that before the collision, Tesla recognized the fake car, and this time did not step on the accelerator, but still hit the fake car.
@Xiaogang senior said that because the first test said that he stepped on the throttle, he gave Tesla one more chance, tested again, and did not step on the accelerator, the result was still not braked.
Does slamming the electric door mean test cheating?
The key point of this incident is that even if you step on the electric door, is it equivalent to testing cheating? He didn't step on the electric door test, is it an accurate test result?
On January 22, @Xiaogang released a video in the daily life of @Xiaogang to respond to the question again.
@Xiaogang said that the Tesla owner's manual wrote four conditions for emergency braking, one of which is, "violent acceleration when the emergency brake is applied", and the foot he stepped on is not a violent acceleration.
@Xiaogang said in the video that tapping the throttle does not affect the emergency brake intervention, and the reason why he clicked the throttle is to meet the test standard of 50 km / h at that time. Before the oil was collected too early, the kinetic energy recovery slowed down the speed.
@Xiaogang said that after the first test, he felt that there were some mistakes in the operation, so he conducted the second test, and in the absence of a throttle, the Model 3 still did not brake the car.
The reason why the test video of @Xiaogang Xuechang will cause controversy is because the throttle of the vehicle in the test is in the under-step stage, and the "energy bar" shows that the vehicle is in the acceleration stage, which will affect the effect of emergency braking.
Car Master No. 42 Garage believes that there will be metal objects in the special test car to improve the reflected signal of millimeter-wave radar and simulate the situation of real vehicles, so the equipment used in Xiao Gang's video is indeed not rigorous enough.
In the user manual of the Tesla Model 3 model, it is mentioned that 4 emergency brakes will not be applied or stop braking, one of which is: violent acceleration when braking is performed on emergency braking.
However, Tesla's detailed definition of "violent acceleration" is not further described in the manual.
"In one case we encountered, when driving the Model 3 and other traffic lights, the truck in front of us stopped in the wrong gear shortly after starting, and the vehicle suddenly stopped, at this time we started with the car in a state of slow acceleration of the accelerator, and the AEB of the vehicle had been triggered before it could react.
So it is not that the throttle AEB will not necessarily trigger, the reason why to retain a slamming on the throttle to lift the AEB logic takes into account some special circumstances, people's understanding of the scene is higher than the system. ”
In addition to @Xiaogang Senior, who else has carried out the emergency braking of Xiaopeng and Tesla?
Reviews from other bloggers
Understand the car emperor: Tesla performed best
Chu Shao, host of the Easy Car App: Model Y completes automatic braking at a speed of 70 kilometers per hour
In February 2021, Zhichedi released a test video of the emergency braking function of Tesla Model Y, Weilai EC6 and Audi Q5L models, and Zhichedi said that "Tesla performed best among the three cars".
On May 2, 2021, the account @Understand Car Detective released a video of Xiaopeng P7 AEB active brake test.
In the video, the Xiaopeng P7 crashes into a static and horizontal fake car at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour. After many tests, Xiaopeng P7 completed the test of static fake car at a speed of 30, 40 and 50 kilometers per hour.
On May 28, 2021, the host of the EasyCar App @ Chu ShaoYu Bar Also released the Tesla Model Y active braking system test.
In a stationary fake car test, the Model Y completed automatic braking at a speed of 70 kilometers per hour.
In the stationary dummy test, the Model Y completed the automatic braking at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour. At a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, it hit a dummy.
These test results are very different from the test results of @Xiao Gang.
It is reported that Tesla believes that @Xiaogang senior forged Tesla car brake failure, the use of information network to carry out defamation infringed Tesla's right to reputation, so it sued the court. Who else has Tesla sued?
After the "Tesla Legal Department" account was registered, the self-media gathered to apologize
The owner of the "refund one compensation three case" Han Chao and the female owner of the roof rights protection were sued
At the end of May 2021, the Weibo account of Tesla's legal department was launched. The account blue V review time is May 31, 2021. In addition, Tesla's legal department has also opened an official account for today's headlines.
As soon as the "Tesla Legal Department" account was registered, the action began.
On the evening of May 28, Tesla official micro announced the apology statement issued by 6 self-media to it. These 6 self-media are "Ruifeng Automobile", "60 Seconds to Understand Cars", "Star Channel", "Five Business Culture", "Mingjin Network" and "Teikeni Digital Jun".
According to the self-media "Five Thousand Years of Rabbit", on May 29, 2021, he received a private message from the "Tesla Legal Department" that had not yet added A V.
The content of the private message is: We have noticed that you continue to publish infringing content involving us. Please be aware that our company has filed a lawsuit in the Beijing court. For further communication, please contact using the contact details above.
On September 26, 2021, Han Chao, the owner of Tesla's "refund one loss three case", posted on Weibo that he was sued by Tesla for infringing on the right to reputation.
According to the indictment released by Han Chao, Tesla asked it to immediately delete all infringing content and replies on Weibo and claim 5.05 million yuan.
On September 27, ms. advocate for women's cars on the roof of the Shanghai Auto Show posted on Weibo that there are currently two case disputes being handled between her and Tesla. In one of the cases, on August 14, Ms. Zhang received a pre-litigation mediation opinion request from the Shanghai Qingpu District People's Court. Tesla demanded that Ms. Zhang apologize and compensate 5 million yuan for the loss of the right to reputation.
Before Han Chao and the female owners of the roof rights protection were sued by Tesla for infringing their right to reputation, and the amount of compensation was almost 5 million, I don't know if this time @ Xiaogang Senior will also be claimed 5 million?
At noon today, @Xiaogang posted on his Weibo: "Okay I know." Suspected is a response to being sued by Tesla.
Sanyan Finance also consulted with @Xiaogang on this matter, whether he received the notice, and whether he would respond to the lawsuit and other related issues.
As of press time, @Xiaogang has not replied.