April 25, 2021
Guangzhou traffic authorities responded to speculation that Tesla vehicles were being regularly stopped along highways in China by local police.
Earlier this month, a few social media users noticed that local police prevented Tesla vehicles from entering a highway in Guangzhou. This triggered rumors that Teslas were being specifically targeted by traffic authorities. The Guangzhou police issued a response to the rumors via its official
Weibo account.
“We take normal temporary control measures for traffic flows according to the work needs of road traffic management, not for specific vehicle types,” the Guangzhou traffic police wrote in its post.
Later, an auto blogger in China shared snippets of an internal memo that was reportedly circulated within the Guangzhou police department, reported
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