Tesla branded as 'arrogant' in China as pressure mounts on the electric carmaker

cnbc2021-04-23

KEY POINTS A woman who claimed to be a Tesla customer protested an alleged brake failure in her car at the company's booth at the Shanghai auto show. Tesla claimed the woman had a collision due to a ...

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Kenny77
2021-04-25
Kenny77
Chinese must educate the consumers
Kenny77
2021-04-25
Kenny77
Chinese in China love imported stuff. So Tesla wilbe for the richest
matcha_latte
2021-04-23
matcha_latte
Seems staged. The lady definitelt is fishy if she doesn't allow third party to inspect her vehicle
DavidChang88
2021-04-23
DavidChang88
Tesla ftw
Ironteam
2021-04-23
Ironteam
Sounds more like paid troublemaker. Real tesla customers is unlikely to go such extream.
Milvis
2021-04-23
Milvis
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So Tesla wilbe for the richest&nbsp;","listText":"Chinese in China love imported stuff. So Tesla wilbe for the richest&nbsp;","text":"Chinese in China love imported stuff. So Tesla wilbe for the richest","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/375164826","repostId":1112650554,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":372049304,"gmtCreate":1619162438708,"gmtModify":1704720598728,"author":{"id":"3581766638376505","authorId":"3581766638376505","name":"matcha_latte","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"3581766638376505","authorIdStr":"3581766638376505"},"htmlText":"Seems staged. The lady definitelt is fishy if she doesn't allow third party to inspect her vehicle","listText":"Seems staged. The lady definitelt is fishy if she doesn't allow third party to inspect her vehicle","text":"Seems staged. The lady definitelt is fishy if she doesn't allow third party to inspect her vehicle","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/372049304","repostId":1112650554,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":372087714,"gmtCreate":1619158852138,"gmtModify":1704720557196,"author":{"id":"3581279796495360","authorId":"3581279796495360","name":"DavidChang88","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3581279796495360","authorIdStr":"3581279796495360"},"htmlText":"Tesla ftw","listText":"Tesla ftw","text":"Tesla ftw","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/372087714","repostId":1112650554,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":376772291,"gmtCreate":1619153416513,"gmtModify":1704720479744,"author":{"id":"3561582804451218","authorId":"3561582804451218","name":"Ironteam","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/820ff4e88bef87bdd250ce62ad08f334","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0a8758340a08196056f8bc1e54805193","crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"3561582804451218","authorIdStr":"3561582804451218"},"htmlText":"Sounds more like paid troublemaker.&nbsp;Real tesla customers is unlikely to go such extream.&nbsp;","listText":"Sounds more like paid troublemaker.&nbsp;Real tesla customers is unlikely to go such extream.&nbsp;","text":"Sounds more like paid troublemaker. Real tesla customers is unlikely to go such extream.","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/376772291","repostId":1112650554,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":376786719,"gmtCreate":1619149124131,"gmtModify":1704720407997,"author":{"id":"3579226810003990","authorId":"3579226810003990","name":"Milvis","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/0c5f9525267133e1e33381f679084a88","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"idStr":"3579226810003990","authorIdStr":"3579226810003990"},"htmlText":"....","listText":"....","text":"....","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/376786719","repostId":1112650554,"repostType":4,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"isCommentEnd":false,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":24,"commentSize":14,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.29.3","shortVersion":"4.29.3","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/1112650554"}