Following her protest against Tesla at the Shanghai Auto Show last month, a woman surnamed Zhang, owner of a Tesla electric vehicle from Anyang, Henan Province, filed a lawsuit on May 6 with Beiguan Court against Tesla China and its Vice President Tao Lin for defamation. She is demanding a public apology and about $7,800 in compensation for moral damages from Tesla. Tesla said that it would respond to the lawsuit.
Zhang staged her protest on April 19, the first day of the Shanghai Auto Show by standing atop a Tesla car and yelling “Tesla’s brakes failed” before she was dragged away. She claimed a failure of her Model 3 Tesla’s brakes almost killed four of her family members in the car, while Tesla said her vehicle data showed her car was traveling at 74 mph and the brakes were functioning properly.
