Tesla protest at Shanghai Auto Show 2021 ends with woman dragged off by security after climbing onto car and shouting


A woman in China claims her Tesla’s brakes malfunctioned, causing her car to crash. The company denies this and said the car was speeding, but has refused to release all of the car’s data from the crash. — SCMP

A woman was detained after dramatically climbing onto a car and shouting about Tesla vehicle malfunctions at a car show in China on April 19.

Video on Chinese social media showed the woman at the Shanghai Auto Show 2021 standing on a Tesla sedan wearing a white T-shirt marked with Chinese characters reading “brake malfunction” and a Tesla logo. She can be heard shouting: “Tesla brake malfunctioned!” for several minutes before being dragged away by security guards.

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