On the 11th of this month, a Tesla Model 3 driver in Hainan was unable to stop when he pressed the brake continuously, resulting in a crash into a guardrail.

For this accident, Tesla responded that the main cause is the slippery road surface and the lighter amplitude when the driver depresses the brake pedal, resulting in a longer braking distance.

Dissatisfied with Tesla’s response, the Tesla owner defended her rights via Weibo, a popular social media platform, which has attracted a lot of attentions. And the owner‘s action has also been supported by many netizens.

Subsequently, the incident reversed, and the Model 3 owner quickly reached a settlement with Tesla. Many netizens suspected that the Tesla owner received a large amount of hush money.

However, a few days ago, a netizen exposed the reason for the sudden settlement, that is, the owner signs a confidentiality agreement with Tesla. The confidentiality agreement shows that Tesla bought back Model 3 at a new car price of 249,900 yuan, but the owner bore 6,602 yuan in car insurance premium and 5,000 yuan in car film, a total of 11,602 yuan by herself as a depreciation fee for the car.

From the confidentiality agreement, the Tesla owner eventually bore the loss of more than 10,000 yuan as depreciation fee, rather than the general view of netizens that she charges Tesla a huge amount of compensation.

But for the rumored agreement, the owner doesn’t make any comment, just saying it is still under negotiation, so it is not convenient to disclose. But she denied the rumor of receiving a great deal of hush money from Tesla.