Recently, the results of the retrial of the reputation case related to Tesla's "roof rights protection" at the Shanghai Auto Show were released: the retrial applications of Ms. Zhang and automotive media person Feng were both rejected.
The court determined that Ms. Zhang’s claim of “Tesla brake failure” had no objective factual basis and constituted defamation. After review at the first instance, second instance and retrial, all conclusions were consistent. The court also rejected the retrial application filed by Feng, an automotive media personality who was previously found to have played an organizing and planning role in the incident. At the same time, he must publicly apologize to Tesla for his repeated insulting and defamatory remarks on Tesla through Weibo, which has violated Tesla's reputation.
In April 2021, Ms. Zhang wore clothes with the words "Brake Failure" at the Tesla booth at the Shanghai Auto Show, stood on the roof of the Tesla exhibition car and publicly shouted, which attracted widespread attention. The release of the results of this re-examination also means that the "Tesla brake failure" controversy that has lasted for many years has finally come to an end.