On January 26, according to domestic media reports, Tesla has officially sued a platform of tens of millions of fans car evaluation big V "Xiaogang Senior" (the actual operator Chen Mougang), on the grounds that the latter used the information network to carry out defamation, infringing Tesla's right to reputation.
On the afternoon of January 27, "Elder Xiao Gang" responded positively to this matter (the full text of the response is attached at the end of the article).
Xiao Gang said that he did not receive any lawyer letters and phone calls from Tesla, and Tesla manipulated public opinion by buying hot searches and exposing his real name, but he would not bow to the company's public relations. For tesla owners affected by this, Xiao Gang apologized.
Senior Xiao Gang also said that after releasing the above video, he was bombarded with a large number of phone calls and text messages.
It is reported that tesla and Xiaogang's relationship dates back to April last year. At that time, Xiao Gang released a test video of "Use your own two cars to do an emergency brake test" on a certain platform.
In the video, "Xiao Gang Senior" did an emergency braking test (AEB) on the Xiaopeng P7 and Tesla Model 3 respectively, and the results showed that Tesla directly hit it without reaction when facing a stationary fake car and a dummy at a speed of 50km/h.
However, some netizens found that before the collision of this Tesla Model 3, the vehicle's kinetic energy recovery strip showed that it was suspected that the accelerator pedal was artificially stepped on, which triggered the question of "sneaking on the accelerator in the test". There is also the view that this artificial test is irregular, resulting in a large number of viewers being misled.
The following is the text version of the "Xiao Gang Senior" response video (unchanged):
A lot of people say I've been sued, but I don't currently have a lawyer's letter or a phone call, and I've been very gentle in my previous response because I think the world is reasonable, but now I have to say something.
First of all, when Tesla raised the rights of car owners at the Shanghai Auto Show, the comment area of many car anchors fell. I didn't say anything about that hot spot because I didn't personally experiment and argue. At that time, how many people fell directly on Tesla, and I did not blindly follow the trend for the sake of traffic.
In just a week or so, a few peers did the Tesla emergency brake test, did not brake! Brake failure and emergency braking are two different things, and emergency braking can be tested. I am a content creator, I test this thing from the owner's point of view, the purpose of the test is to warn the owner of the road driving not to rely too much on the computer system, so that the user can see, at least in our test conditions, its active braking system did not start.
Can't I light the throttle when actively braking and starting? Didn't you brake when you were distracted when you stepped on the accelerator? And I measured the first time and the second time, if I really want to maliciously smear, why should I test more? And the second operation is no problem, why do you turn a blind eye?
You go and search, Tesla actively brakes, how many videos are not braked! Including the professional media of the yellow head, the blue head of the certain hu (referring to the zhihu), are they also fake? Did they receive a lawyer's letter? If I'm wrong, why should I keep coming forward and responding? Because I don't want to be poked in the spine for the rest of my life on this grievance. So many fans let me talk, let me test, you ask yourself, was it a creator of my tens of millions of fans at that time?
What was my original intention? I'm a car player, maybe you can say that my tests are not rigorous, flawed, props are not professional, people are not professional, but the safety problem is a trivial matter? A single oversight can be life-threatening. Can the active brake be braked under the conditions we were testing at the time, I hope to ask the notary office, Tesla official, and other media including fans to verify together, Tesla do you dare?
It's okay if I lose the case, I just want to restore a truth. China is a society governed by the rule of law, and I am responsible for my own actions. Whether this lawsuit is fought or not, won or lost, I will never regret it, even if I lose, I will not bow to the public relations of the car company, do not have to let you control public opinion, all public relations means are traced.
Buy hot search, expose my real name, water army brush my comment area, the key to these it is not used tesla official channels to release, he let third-party people publish, why? Everyone by BYD sues and rumors have been officially released, do you want to engage in public opinion or prosecution? What are you thinking?
I tell you why, there are a lot of media who have received Tesla lawyer letters, at least phone calls or lawyer letters, and I have nothing! This time on the surface is to sue me, but behind the scenes is to take me as a case, killed The Little Gang Senior, and no one dares to come out and point out Tesla's problems later. Those creators who are now falling into the rocks, maybe one day you will be in the same situation as me. But in a critical moment, you dare to stand up and oppose the brand side, do you have the courage?
Finally, I apologize to Tesla owners. When I did the content, I only thought about the event itself, I did not take into account the emotions of the owner, and I apologize for the impact.
For some fans who trust and care about me, thank you, it is the courage you gave me, I originally climbed up from the bottom of society, the short video changed a lot of grassroots people, the big deal I lost I went back to my previous life, worked a job, took a weekend off, just as a dream, what? In the future, everyone knows that Xiao Gang lost to Tesla, but at least I have come, I am satisfied, and I have enough cattle to blow in this life.
For the brand side, I would like to say that my test is real, not malicious, I believe in the fairness and justice of the law, and I do not want to occupy too many public resources, and I do not want to affect the time and mood of the multi-party staff. I will not respond again to situations where this matter is not particularly necessary. The day when the court judgment comes out will naturally be clear and clear, and it will also give everyone an explanation.
Finally, I wish you all a Happy New Year in advance.