Titanium media APP may 10 news, THE ID of "mobile phone user 3042983165", the introduction of "Wenzhou Tesla out of control of the owner" of the user on May 9 Sina Weibo released a tweet with the theme of "apology letter", admitting that the cause of the accident was that he mistakenly used the throttle as a brake, and the follow-up continued to fabricate "Tesla automatic acceleration brake failure" only because of "unwillingness". The account of the Sina Weibo Huang V user "@User 18606666689", who previously claimed to be the owner of the accident, Mr. Chen, "cannot be viewed due to the user's own application to close".
After the titanium media APP asked Tesla for verification, this apology letter was indeed sent by Mr. Chen.
The accident occurred on August 12, 2020, Mr. Chen drove a Tesla Model 3 in a residential area in Wenzhou at high speed collision with the parking lot barrier and caused serious damage to more than 10 vehicles, the owner himself was rescued for 7 hours, nearly 5,000 ml of blood transfusion after getting out of danger of life, but in the end also because the large intestine was amputated 30 cm, waist bone fracture was identified as a nine-degree disability.
The Tesla Model 3 that Mr. Chen was driving at the time of the accident (Image source: Network)
After the accident, Tesla gave the test results for the first time: "The owner accidentally stepped on the accelerator pedal, and the vehicle had no problems." Mr. Chen "knew that he had stepped on the accelerator as a brake, but he was unwilling, and since mid-August, in interviews with Douyin, Weibo, radio and television stations, he continued to fabricate content such as 'Tesla automatic acceleration brake failure' and 'cherish life away from Tesla' to insult and denigrate Tesla and Tesla motors." ”
In the process, Mr. Chen said that other self-proclaimed "rights protection" car owners contacted him, "Shanghai car owner Mr. Feng took the initiative to contact me" and introduced him to "a certain platform". It is reported that the platform arranged a lawyer for Mr. Chen when Tesla sued Mr. Chen for infringement of the company's reputation, and bore all the lawyer's fees in the first instance, and did not pay any costs related to this. It is understood that the platform is a legal platform.
Ms. Henan Che (Sina Weibo ID@ coral in Tamsui) and Tianjin car owner Mr. Han (Sina Weibo ID@ID_ Han Chao) had contacted Mr. Chen and invited him to join the owner's rights protection group, but soon after Mr. Chen withdrew from the rights protection group due to his incompatibility of ideas. After Tesla sued Mr. Chen for infringing on the company's reputation in the second instance, Ms. Zhang invited Mr. Chen to join other car owners in filing a class action lawsuit against Tesla, which was also rejected by Mr. Chen.
After being sued by Tesla, Mr. Chen uploaded the EDR test report of the Wenzhou Society of Automotive Engineers on Sina Weibo, saying that "I hope that all well-wishers will help me analyze it", but the report determined that the cause of the accident was "caused by the owner's wrong step on the accelerator". Director Chen, a forensic appraisal agency under the Wenzhou Society of Automotive Engineering, once said: "Through the data, the situation seen is that the owner of the car did not step on the brake pedal before the collision, but stepped on the accelerator pedal." The car is in a state of continuous acceleration, and the speed is still relatively fast. ”
Mr. Chen said at the end of the apology letter: "Now that I have realized the mistake of my behavior, I also hope that the majority of netizens can polish their eyes, seek truth from facts, and not be blinded by their own selfishness and the deception of others." I hope that Tesla and the majority of netizens can forgive my behavior, and I hope that everyone can take me as a warning and not make the same mistakes I have made. ”
It is reported that Tesla sued Tianjin car owner Han Chao for infringement of the right to reputation and claimed 5.05 million yuan, and Han Chao sued Tesla and demanded an apology will all be heard this month.
(This article is exclusively launched titanium media App)