January 27 news, Tesla recently sued the Internet celebrity Chen Zhengang (account @ Xiaogang Xuechang), saying that it falsified data during the car test, and there was a suspicion of deliberately smearing Tesla. Today, the influencer with tens of millions of fans finally responded positively to this question, saying that there is no data fraud problem, and that tapping the accelerator is to maintain speed and ensure the fairness of the result.
The cause of the incident dates back to April 29, 2021, when Xiao Gang drove two Tesla Model 3 and Xiaopeng P7 models to conduct an emergency brake test on the closed road. The test results showed that the Model 3 hit the obstacle twice because of "no brake reaction", and the Xiaopeng P7 successfully passed the test.
However, some netizens found that during the test process, the vehicle taxied and slowed down to wait for the stage of AEB intervention, and it was suspected that the acceleration pedal was stepped on many times, and the car also had power output so AEB could not take effect. Many people believe that his test results have a data fraud problem, and suspect that he has collected money to deliberately discredit Tesla.
After the release of the video on the Internet widely disseminated, at that time tesla suffered a "brake failure" negative public opinion at a critical moment, in the video results of the impetus, public opinion is even more one-sided, Tesla has been engraved with the impression of "brake failure" since then. Therefore, Tesla formally sued Senior Xiao gang, saying that the latter used the information network to carry out defamation.
However, Xiao Gang explained in the latest video that the reason why he stepped on the accelerator pedal was because he collected the oil too early and the kinetic energy recovery system reduced the speed down, which did not meet the test standard of 50km/h, and stepped on the accelerator plate in order to be rigorous. The first test had improper operation problems, so the second test was conducted, but the Tesla Model 3 AED still did not start, and there was no data fraud problem in the test results.
We can't tell if what he said is true, but we finally give a response and explanation. As a big V with tens of millions of fans, it is reasonable to say that the fairness of its content is still passable, in order to attract the attention of so many fans. However, Xiao Gang's online wind review does not seem to be good, and many people question that his evaluation is "just right". Xiao Lei can't arbitrarily determine who is right and who is wrong, so let's wait for the follow-up development of the case.
Nowadays, electric vehicles have become a new outlet, a large number of car companies have joined the car-making army, and many media have transformed into "car critics". Compared with digital products such as mobile phones, car evaluation will have higher requirements for professionalism, and some slight differences in conditions may cause huge deviations in results. Therefore, everyone takes the evaluation content as a reference, can not fully believe the results, or need to experience it personally, in order to truly understand the good and bad of the product.