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Sputnik International
Chinese Public Accuses CCP of Turning on Tesla
Recently, Tesla in mainland China has become a hot topic in the news. Especially after a vehicle owner recently made a scene at a Shanghai Auto Show, the Chinese Communist Party’s official media took the opportunity to suppress Tesla.
On April 19, the first day of the Shanghai Auto Show, a woman wearing a T-shirt with the Chinese characters for “brake failure” stood atop a Tesla car at the Tesla booth and shouted, “Tesla(’s) brakes failed!”
The woman said that in February, her father was driving a Tesla Model 3 when the brakes failed, causing him to crash into two cars, nearly killing all four family members in the car. The woman claimed to be the owner of the car and had asked Tesla for a large compensation.
Tesla Could Run Into More Problems in China, May Face Compensation Ruling
News Analysis
Tesla’s bad luck in China has not ended yet. After a woman protested at an auto show in Shanghai against Tesla’s “brake failure,” followed by a flood of criticism, a higher court could decide to overturn the company’s appeal to a previous court order to compensate a buyer of one of its second-hand cars over fraud and damage claims.
On Dec. 4, 2020, Han Chao, a Tesla owner in Tianjin city, received a court verdict for his compensation claim case against Tesla. The verdict stated that the car company had committed fraud and should return 379,700 yuan (about $59,000) to Han for the purchase price of the car, and to pay him 1,139,100 yuan (about $176,000) in damages.