American electric carmaker Tesla, Inc. is involved in another high profile lawsuit in mainland China. The company is suing a Chinese social media influencer for defamation. Mainland Chinese media Securities Times reported on Jan. 26 that Tesla would sue a Chinese social media influencer with the account named of Xiaogang Senior for reputation damage. The carmaker confirmed to the media that the company had filed a suit against Chen Zhengang (influencer’s real name) on Jan. 26 for falsifying data in his car test video. According to reports from Chinese internet news portals Sohu and NetEase, at the end of April 2021, Xiaogang Senior conducted emergency braking tests (AEB) on a Tesla Model 3 and a Chinese electric car Xpeng P7. In his three experiments, the Tesla Model 3 directly hit an obstacle twice because of “no braking response.” Assessing the test results, Xiaogang bluntly said that the Tesla could not stop. …