Just a day after a U.S. jury determined that Tesla was not at fault for a fatal crash involving a Tesla Model 3, a court in China has also ruled in favor of the car manufacturer in a 2022 crash that left two people dead and three others injured. A Chinese social media influencer had alleged that a malfunction with the Model Y had caused the crash. Tesla quickly sued the influencer and a fierce legal battle ensued.
It only came to a stop after slamming into buildings on the side of the road, Bloomberg reports. Read: Tesla Driver Pressed Wrong Pedal In Fatal China Crash, Data Suggests Footage of the shocking crash was published online late last year. The 55-year-old driver survived the crash and was quoted in local media as saying that the Model Y had a brake issue.