Chinese Blogger Sentenced To 20 Months For Fake Claims About Safety Of Xiaomi’s Electric Sedan

Chinese blogger sentenced to 20 months for fake claims about safety of Xiaomi’s SU7 electric Sedan. 

Additionally, the Chinese blogger was fined $14,800 as authorities stepped up efforts to curb misleading claims.

Blogger found guilty after posting a crash-test video that falsely appeared to show the doors of SU7 failed to open after a collision.

A Chinese court has sentenced an online blogger identified as Gao to 20 months in prison for staging a fake crash-test video that falsely claimed the safety features failed on Xiaomi’s SU7 electric sedan.

Additionally, the blogger was fined 100,000 yuan ($14,800) as Chinese authorities stepped up efforts to curb misleading claims that could affect consumer perceptions and competition.

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According to Chinese media reports, the auto blogger and his team were found guilty after releasing a crash-test video that falsely appeared to show the doors of Xiaomi’s SU7 failed to open after a collision.

Posted on Gao’s video-sharing account, which has about 1 million followers, the clip went viral and generated roughly 3 million views in August 2024.

According to a report by the Beijing Daily, the court found that Gao had deliberately tampered with the car’s auxiliary battery before filming, using footage of a battery damaged by a forklift to mislead viewers.

Like Xiaomi, BYD was also involved in a Chinese online defamation case. Following a second-instance court ruling, EV blogger “Long Ge Talks EVs” was ordered to apologize and pay 2 million yuan ($293,000) in damages, according to CarNewsChina.

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