Let's take stock of what major events happened in the automotive circle on March 20, 2022.
Car Incident One: Volkswagen Atlas family recalled in the United States
Recently, volkswagen group announced the recall of Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport (corresponding to the domestic version of Tuon / Tuon X) in the United States. The recall is due to safety hazards in airbags on the vehicle side, involving 222892 vehicle types.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a recall report saying that the recalled vehicle side airbags turned on or later than the established time at the time of design will pose a safety risk. According to the report, the main cause of the failure was due to a slight shift in the airbag harness from the A-pillar to the front door, which caused the wiring harness to wear out and even caused the connection to the electronic components of the front door assembly to be interrupted. Affected vehicle airbag warning lights may be illuminated, and in extreme cases, automatic window opening, braking at low speeds, and door sensor failures may occur.
The recall report states that the scope of the recall includes the 2021-2023 Atlas produced between October 4, 2019 and February 10, 2022, a total of 113899 units; the 2019-2020 Atlas produced from August 1, 2019 to March 6, 2020, a total of 32,720 units; and the 2020-2023 Atlas Cross Sport produced from September 25, 2019 to February 10, 2022. A total of 76,273 vehicles. Volkswagen will notify dealers and owners by May 10, 2022, and provide a compensation plan based on this recall.
Automobile incident two: Dongfeng Technology Center signed a cooperation agreement with Weifu Electric Drive
Recently, Dongfeng Company Technology Center and Wuxi Weifu Electric Drive Technology Co., Ltd. formally signed a cooperation framework agreement online. This marks that Dongfeng Company has stepped onto a new level in promoting the engineering of wheel hub motors and distributed drive control.
According to the agreement, the two sides will carry out collaborative innovation and framework cooperation in the fields of ProteanDrive wheel motor and distributed drive control, integrate resources with the forward-looking research center of Dongfeng Technology Center as the window, carry out the development and application of wheel hub motor drive and distributed drive control technology in various business sectors of Dongfeng Company, and jointly carry out extensive cooperation in the fields of wheel motor drive, distributed drive control technology mounting and demonstration operation, and industrial chain construction.
The two sides will rely on dongfeng technology center in the field of distributed drive control technology accumulation and independent research and development capabilities, Weifu electric drive in the field of wheel motor technology accumulation and industrialization manufacturing capabilities, further expand the depth and breadth of cooperation, strong alliance, work together to promote the large-scale application of wheel motor industrialization, and promote the standardized and high-quality development of wheel hub motor drive industry.
Automobile incident three: The country's first highway supporting L4 automatic driving is opened to traffic
A few days ago, Zhejiang Shaoxing Yuyue Smart Expressway Project (the total length of the project is 20.9 kilometers, from Yuexing Road in the east to Jianshui Road in the west), which marks the country's first road network-level smart expressway that supports high-level automatic driving is officially put into operation. The project is the first attempt by Baidu Intelligent Transportation and Shaoxing City Investment after many investigations.
The Yuyue Expressway is an important carrier of Shaoxing's east-west urban functional comprehensive development axis, and also an important link integrating the three districts of Shaoxing (Keqiao, Yuecheng and Shangyu), which is of great significance for building the urban framework of Shaoxing. At the same time, as a key supporting project for the 2022 Asian Games, The Yuyue Expressway will also play an important role in connecting the main stadium in Hangzhou and the sub-venues in Shaoxing, providing smart travel services for coaches and athletes, and becoming an important window for Shaoxing to display the "Smart Asian Games".
"Car News of the Day", here is the latest car news of the day, please continue to pay attention to "The Way to Know the Car".