BYD has won a significant legal victory against a Chinese EV blogger, with a court upholding a ruling ordering the creator known as “Long Ge Talks EVs” to pay roughly $293,000 in compensation and issue a public apology. The blogger released an apology video this week, admitting that his earlier content discussing repairs to BYD battery, motor, and electric-control systems lacked verified technical evidence and damaged the company’s reputation. The ruling ordered the blogger to stop the infringement, eliminate its impact, and compensate BYD in full.
BYD’s Bigger War on MisinformationIn June 2025, BYD’s legal department went public with a sweeping offensive, announcing it had sued 37 social media influencers for defamation and placed another 126 accounts under internal monitoring. The company even …
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Author: Simran Rastogi
