A sudden apology letter from a car owner in Wenzhou: admitting to deliberately fabricating a huge amount of information about Tesla’s brake failure

A big thunder broke out among Tesla’s rights protection car owners!

Today, Mr. Chen, the owner of Wenzhou, who previously accused Tesla of “brake failure”, posted a letter of apology on his personal account,Acknowledging that he fabricated “Tesla’s brake failure and automatic acceleration”, and apologized to Tesla;

At the same time, the car owner also revealed that when he did the above behavior, a Shanghai “Feng car owner” contacted him and introduced him to a certain platform.The platform arranged for him to have a professional lawyer and contracted all the expenses.

Moreover, Ms. Zhang Zheng from Henan and Mr. Han, the owner of the car from Tianjin, also contacted him; during the period, Ms. Zhang invited him to write a joint lawsuit together, but was rejected by him.

The following is the full text of Mr. Chen’s apology letter:

Dear netizens, I am the party involved in the Wenzhou Tesla accident on August 12, 2020, and the registrant and controller of the Weibo account “Wenzhou Tesla Out of Control” and the original Douyin account “Wenzhou Tesla out of control” .

On the night of the accident, I was driving home on the inner road of the community and suddenly found someone in front of me.I wanted to step on the brakes, but I stepped on the wrong foot and used the accelerator as a brake.The vehicle rushed into the parking lot and collided with the parking lot barrier, multiple parked vehicles, and isolation barriers.

After the accident, although I knew that I had stepped on the accelerator as the brake, I was unwilling. Since mid-August, I have continued to fabricate “Tesla automatic acceleration” in interviews on Douyin, Weibo, radio and TV stations since mid-August. Brake failure” and “Cherish life away from Tesla” to insult and slander Tesla and Tesla cars.

My fabricated remarks have been widely read, forwarded and reported on the Internet, and it has become an event with great social influence. Many people have been misled by my remarks, thinking that Tesla cars really have unexpected automatic acceleration and brake failure. The problem has caused irreparable damage to the reputation of Tesla and Tesla Motors.

Tesla staff have contacted me many times, hoping that I can explain the truth of the accident to the public, but I ignored it.

In the end, Tesla sued me in the court, and the case went into effect in March this year after the first and second instance.The judgment found that I constituted an infringement of Tesla’s reputation, and I should apologize to Tesla and compensate for the economic losses.

During the trial of the case, the judge also criticized and educated me, popularizing the relevant legal provisions and the legal consequences of my actions.

I now have a clear understanding of the nature of my actions and regret the significant negative impact on Tesla Inc. and Tesla Motors. Here, I sincerely apologize to Tesla Inc. and to those who have been misled by my remarks.

In addition, I was carrying out the above behavior, and other car owners who claimed to be “rights protection” also came to contact me. Mr. Feng, the owner of the car in Shanghai, took the initiative to contact me and introduced me to a certain platform. The platform arranged a lawyer for me. All the fees of the first-instance lawyer were paid by this platform, and I did not pay any fees for the trial lawyer.

Mrs. Zhang Zhong from Henan and Mr. Han, the owner of the car from Tianjin, also contacted me. I also once joined the group of car owners for rights protection, but then I quit the group because of different ideas and concepts.

After the second-instance judgment was made, Ms. Henan Che Zhan invited me to write a joint class action lawsuit with other car owners, but I refused.Now that I have realized the mistake of my behavior, I also hope that the majority of netizens can keep their eyes open, seek truth from facts, and not be blinded by their own selfishness and the bewitchment of others.

I hope Tesla and the majority of netizens can forgive my actions, and I hope everyone can take me as a warning and not make the same mistakes I made.

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Earlier, Mr. Chen had a serious car accident in the community while driving a Tesla. According to previous reports: At around 22:55 on August 12 last year, a Tesla Model 3 crashed into the parking lot at an extremely high speed. It then slammed into the vehicle in the parking lot, and after the Model 3 crashed, the vehicle rolled over.

The driver, Mr. Chen, was also seriously injured. After more than 7 hours of rescue, the surgical wound on the abdomen exceeded 20cm, and the blood transfusion was nearly 5,000 ml. The rescue was successful and his life was saved.

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