"Ghost Brake" was investigated and punished by the United States, cars were frequently recalled due to quality problems, and stock prices plummeted... Recently, electric vehicle giant Tesla has once again stood on the cusp of the storm, and more and more public opinion related to this. State Administration for Market Regulation On February 18, Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. recently filed a recall plan with the State Administration for Market Regulations in accordance with the requirements of the "Market Supervision and Administration Regulations". Recall of Defective Automobile Products" and the Implementation Measures for the Regulations on the Administration of recall of Defective Automobile Products.
From now on, Tesla will recall some of the domesticAlly produced Model 3 (12,003) and Model Y (14,044) electric vehicles produced between December 28, 2020 and January 15, 2022, for a total of 26,047. On February 18, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued a news release that Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. recently filed a recall plan with the State Administration for Market Regulations in accordance with the requirements of the Regulations on the Administration of the Recall of Defective Automobile Products and the Implementation Measures for the Administration of the Recall of Defective Automobile Products. The electronic expansion valve of the heat pump in some vehicles within the scope of this recall will have a slight movement when positioning, because the software (version 2021.44 to 2021.44.30.6) has no correction function, which may cause the valve to be partially opened in the long run, the heat pump compressor to stop working, and the heating function in the car to fail. In the above state, especially when the temperature outside the car is lower than minus 10 degrees, the windshield defrosting system cannot achieve the defrosting effect stipulated by the relevant national laws and regulations, and the decline of the defrost function adversely affects the driver's field of vision, thereby increasing the possibility of collision risk of the vehicle when driving in cold weather, and there is a safety hazard.
On December 31, 2021, Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. recalled some domesticAlly produced Model 3 electric vehicles, a total of 144208 vehicles, mainly involving the trunk cover problem; at the same time, Tesla Motors (Beijing) Co., Ltd. recalled some imported Model S electric vehicles, a total of 19697 vehicles (mainly involving the front load compartment lock latch problem), and recalled some imported Model 3 electric vehicles, a total of 35836 vehicles (mainly involving the trunk cover problem). In the United States, Tesla's recall scale is even larger, according to incomplete statistics, in the late January to the present less than a month, Tesla has launched four recalls in the United States, involving more than 1.47 million units.
In addition, on January 26, Tesla recalled 54,000 cars in the United States due to self-driving parking capabilities, and on February 1, Tesla recalled 26,700 cars due to the failure of the defrost and defogging system. The latest news shows that the United States has launched an investigation into Tesla's "ghost brakes", which directly led to a sharp decline in Tesla's stock price. On February 17, Tesla's stock price plummeted by 5.09%, and its single-day market value evaporated by $48.6 billion (about 307.6 billion yuan), shrinking to $905.7 billion. On February 17, EST, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that it has begun to investigate Tesla's autopilot assist system, involving some Tesla Model 3 and Model Y models in 2021 and 2022, totaling 416,000 vehicles.
The reason is that the agency received a complaint that Tesla's autopilot assist system Autopilot had an accidental activation of the brakes. This phenomenon is often referred to as 'Phantom Braking',' in which the vehicle suddenly brakes without warning when the user turns on the Autopilot Assist system of a Tesla vehicle, and many owners worry about rear-end accidents on the highway. NHTSA said it had received 354 complaints related to "ghost brakes" in the past nine months. In the three months before Feb. 2 alone, there were already 107 complaints related to "ghost brakes." By comparison, there have been only 34 related complaints in the last two years.
It is understood that although there are no reports of casualties in this "ghost brake" complaint. But since 2016, NHTSA has mastered at least 33 crashes caused by Tesla's "autopilot" that have killed 11 people. In the report, NHTSA said the Office of Defect Investigation has conducted a preliminary investigation into the accidental braking problem to determine the scope and severity of the potential problem and to fully assess the potential related safety issues. Despite frequent problems, Tesla's sales growth with its world-leading self-driving technology and strong cost control capabilities remained strong. According to the financial report data, Tesla delivered 936,200 vehicles in the whole of 2021, an increase of 87% over 2020.
Late last year, Musk said Tesla would build a second factory in Asia. After the news was released, all parties speculated. Tesla also said that it will begin site selection work for the new plant in 2022 and will determine the location of the new plant in 2023. At present, the cities where "scandals" occur with Tesla's second factory in China include Shenyang, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Qingdao, Xi'an, Hefei, Wuhan and so on