On the morning of January 17, pinplay published "information about pinplay's response to Tesla" on its official account. In response, pinplay will submit relevant evidence before February 8, 2021. In addition, Beijing Pinxi Interactive Technology Co., Ltd. has filed a lawsuit against Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. for infringing pinplay's reputation right through the Internet.

Before that, pinplay had published a series of articles on "Tesla China's chaos", which revealed many chaos in the production, quality control and management of Tesla China.

In response, Tao Lin, vice president of Tesla's foreign affairs, tweeted, "this article is so outrageous that it's beyond our imagination. There are too many slots. I don't know where to start. Our legal department is already preparing to sue pinplay. I believe he will be responsible for the impact of his words and deeds. "

The following is the full text of the statement:

Explanation of pinplay's response to Tesla's lawsuit

On January 13, 2021, Beijing Pinxi Interactive Technology Co., Ltd. (the operator of pinplay APP) received the complaint, notice of response, notice of evidence and other litigation materials from Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. sent by the people's Court of Pudong New Area, Shanghai. According to the above information, Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. filed a lawsuit with the people's Court of Pudong New Area, Shanghai on January 4, 2021, and filed a case on January 8, 2021. According to the requirements, our company will submit relevant evidence before February 8, 2021.

At present, our company has started to respond to the relevant issues, and prepared relevant information and evidence. However, there is bound to be a conflict between the submission of evidence and the protection of information sources. Based on this, we will do our best to protect the rights and interests of the source of information under the premise of good evidence submission and preparation.

Beijing Pinxi Interactive Technology Co., Ltd. learned through online inquiry that the case of Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. v. Beijing Pinxi Interactive Technology Co., Ltd. over network tort liability will be heard in Xicao 22nd court of Shanghai Pudong New Area People's Court on January 26, 2021. Up to now, Beijing Pinxi Interactive Technology Co., Ltd. has not received the court summons sent by Shanghai Pudong New Area People's court.

Supervision by public opinion is closely related to the interests of the people. Today, with the rapid development of the Internet, all kinds of new media and we media used by the people every day have become an important force in the supervision of public opinion. Public opinion supervision is not only the embodiment of people's democracy, but also an important means to realize social common governance and promote self-restraint and honest operation of market subjects. This time, Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. has replaced the use of public resources for public opinion attacks and malicious war with legal means. Our company will actively cooperate and actively practice the rule of law, which is the development direction of the important foundation of national governance.

In addition, Beijing Pinxi Interactive Technology Co., Ltd. has filed a lawsuit against Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. for infringing pinplay's reputation right through the Internet. At the same time, we will promote the normal, healthy and continuous supervision of public opinion in accordance with the legal concept of protecting the people's right to know, to participate, to express and to supervise.

I hope you know.

Taste and play

January 17, 2021