On January 26, Red Star Capital Bureau learned from Tesla that Tesla (TSLA.US) has officially sued Chen Zhengang (account name"Xiaogang Xuechang) of a platform with tens of millions of fans, suing him for forging Tesla cars to brake failure and using information networks to carry out defamation.
Tesla told the Red Star Capital Bureau: "We are not shouting injustice for ourselves, but this kind of big V 'counterfeiting' behavior disrupts the normal public opinion environment, abuses the credibility given by fans, misleads fans and netizens, and is unfavorable to the overall environment." ”
As of now, Tesla has not disclosed more details about the lawsuit.
At noon on January 26, Senior Xiao Gang posted an update on Weibo that read, "Okay I know", suspected of acquiescing to the fact that Tesla sued himself.
On the afternoon of January 27, Senior Xiaogang released a video to formally respond, saying that he had not received any lawyer letters and phone calls from Tesla. Tesla manipulates public opinion by buying hot searches, exposing real names, and water army brushing its comment area, and it will not bow to the company's public relations. For tesla owners affected by this, Xiao Gang apologized.
Elder Xiao Gang responded on January 27
He said he would no longer respond to non-essential circumstances on the matter and wait for the day when the court's decision would come out.
Red Star Capital Bureau asked Senior Xiao Gang about related matters, but there was no reply as of press time.
It is reported that the incident originated from April 29 to 30, 2021, and Xiao Gang has released two issues of "Use your own two cars to do an emergency brake test" video on the Internet. In the video, Xiao Gang drives the Tesla Model 3 and Xiaopeng P7 respectively, driving to the paper fake car and the inflatable dummy, releasing the accelerator pedal at a speed of 50km/h, not stepping on the brake pedal, and only relying on the vehicle's automatic emergency braking system (AEB) to brake.
The final test result was: Tesla Model 3 had no brake reaction, hitting a paper car and a dummy. The Xiaopeng P7 perfectly achieves emergency braking.
Elder Xiao Gang stressed in the video that both are his own cars, and he did not step on anyone or hold anyone, he just did a simple test. However, many netizens joked that he charged Xiaopeng's advertising fees.
The video was circulated online, with the two videos receiving 166,000 and 439,000 likes respectively. At that time, Tesla was on the cusp of negative public opinion on "brake failure", and the video added bricks and tiles to Tesla's impression of "brake failure".
However, some netizens found that when Xiao Gang took the test, he was suspected of stepping on the accelerator pedal during the AEB intervention. In the test video, before hitting the obstacle in front, the Tesla Model 3 still shows a faint energy bar on the machine screen, which means that the vehicle still has power output at this time. Netizens questioned that Xiao Gang had stepped on the "throttle" before the collision.
On April 30, 2021, Senior Xiao Gang released a video "Tesla Test Without Editing Record" 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. He said that because the first operation was a bit wrong, the second test was carried out, and the Tesla Model 3 still did not brake the car without a throttle.
On the evening of January 19, Douyin video creator "Xiao Li Feiche" broadcast live on Douyin and released a video, saying that Xiao Gang "could not stop the car by stepping on the electric door" and questioning the authenticity of its content.
On January 22, Senior Xiao Gang posted a video in the daily life of S @ Xiao Gang to respond to the question again.
He said the reason he clicked the throttle was to meet the test standard for 50 kilometers per hour at the time. Before the oil was collected too early, the kinetic energy recovery slowed down the speed.
He said that the Tesla owner's manual wrote four conditions for emergency braking, one of which was "violent acceleration when the emergency braking was applied", and the foot he stepped on was not a violent acceleration and did not affect the automatic emergency braking intervention. Regardless of the situation at the time, his own Tesla, in the face of his dummy and fake car, the automatic emergency braking really did not start. Tesla turned a blind eye to a second test that had no problems.
Senior Xiao Gang also said, "The video has not been taken down so far to prove that I am not afraid, I am responsible for my tests", and borrowed the signature of Tesla's legal department to express his position, "independent thinking, distinguish between right and wrong.". As of now, the above video is still on the Douyin platform and has not been deleted.
Elder Xiao Gang responded on January 22
Red Star News reporter Wu Danruo
Edited by Yu Dongmei
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