Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk probably didn’t expect everything to change just over a year after he entered the Chinese market.
The news of a Chinese woman causing a scene at the Shanghai Auto Show and accusing Tesla, the leading American electric car manufacturer, of “brake failure” has been on the news, and the Chinese Communist Party’s official media have issued articles criticizing Tesla’s arrogant attitude.
CCTV, the official media of the Communist Party of China, published a commentary saying that the best solution is for the regulator to intervene. Xinhua, on the other hand, said in an article on April 20 that Tesla’s response after the incident appeared arrogant; if the store is bullying its customers, it should strengthen regulation. Chang’an Jian, a public website of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Political and Legal Affairs Commission, also criticized Tesla in an article, saying that Tesla’s response was “arrogant and arrogant, which chills the hearts of Chinese consumers”.
Tesla finally softened its attitude, posting a message on its official microblog at 11:00 pm on the 20th, saying, “We apologize for not being able to solve the owner’s problem in a timely manner,” “We have set up a special handling team to deal with the matter specifically,” and “We will try to learn from our mistakes in cooperation with the Chinese government. We will try to learn our lessons and carry out strict self-examination and self-correction while cooperating with the investigation of all relevant government departments, so as to respect consumers and the market” and “once again, we apologize to the owners.”
On the 22nd, a fan on Twitter mentioned that he “found more and more media attacks on Tesla, AutoPilot, solar products, single pedal mode, Tesla community and even Elon himself, making people worried about the company’s stock price”.
In response, Musk said, “It does seem a little strange.
Musk’s reply quickly sparked discussion among mainland netizens. Many netizens expressed sympathy for Musk, with some saying, “The negative news is all over the place, and all kinds of car reviews are bad across the board, and we don’t have this car, so I don’t know if it’s really that bad, or 。。。。” There are 6912 netizens who support this statement.
A netizen immediately took up his question and replied, “We don’t dare to say, we don’t dare to ask”. This statement also received 4814 “top”.
Another netizen said, “Technical men do not adapt to certain environments! Alas! “, which revealed the poor investment environment under the Chinese Communist Party in one sentence. His statement was supported by 8,336 netizens.
One netizen even said sharply, “Evil cannot overcome good, support Tesla, refuse to be with the ugly”, and surprisingly, under such a harsh environment in mainland China, 6,451 mainland netizens still clicked “top” to express their support. This shows how unpopular the recent crackdown on Tesla, led by the Chinese Communist Party’s official media, is. Mainland netizens are in an extremely closed Internet environment, but their minds are as clear as a mirror.
One netizen, speaking in Musk’s voice, hit the nail on the head when he said, “It’s just an ordinary case of rights defense, isn’t it? It’s a bit strange to ask me to hand over the code”. It was implied that the Chinese Communist government’s intention of stealing Tesla’s intellectual property rights was behind the Party media’s verbal criticism and the so-called rights defense. There were 4814 netizens who “topped” their support.
A netizen commented, “Search for reports on BYD, Xiaopeng, Idealone, Azera, and brake failure. Why don’t you see a centralized report? “
A netizen said, “Anyway, make a preview, pig farmers should be careful,” these two comments have also received the support of thousands of netizens.
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