Tesla has announced a recall of more than 1.6 million electric vehicles sold in China to reduce the number of crashes caused by problems with the autopilot system.
Automakers can upgrade software to remotely repair vehicles and State Administration of Market Regulation of China, report Reuters.
The recall includes some imported Model S, Model X, and Model 3 vehicles, as well as Model 3 and Model Y vehicles produced in China from August 2014 to December 2022.
Chinese regulators have reported that Tesla drivers may have misused the vehicle's Autopilot feature, increasing the risk of dangerous crashes and other safety risks. The product recall will be rolled out in multiple stages and mirrors the U.S. recall announced last month.
As Breitbart News reported on Dec. 13, American safety regulators statement The move is to warn Tesla customers that Elon Musk's company will recall nearly all vehicles sold in the United States.
More than 2 million vehicles across the automaker's model lineup are expected to be affected by the recall, which will also address software flaws to ensure drivers use Autopilot functions correctly.
The U.S. recall follows a two-year investigation by the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) into a series of crashes that occurred while vehicles were in partially autonomous driving mode.
Tesla's Autopilot system aims to keep the vehicle in its lane, but drivers are told to keep their hands on the wheel and eyes on the road at all times.
Nevertheless, research shows that drivers tend to frequently look away from the road when using Autopilot, and that many drivers believe their cars can drive themselves, which can lead to accidents. may lead to.
some accidents occurred Fatal.
California prosecutors have filed the first-ever felony charge against a driver who killed two people in a 2019 accident while using Tesla's Autopilot feature. https://t.co/eEUicPfYRi
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) January 19, 2022
Tesla is confronting “There are at least a dozen lawsuits in the U.S. surrounding Autopilot, and multiple state and federal investigations related to the system,” the Messenger reported.
Tesla CEO Musk has long been promised In the future, we will see fully autonomous cars that do not require the driver's concentration.
