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On April 29, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued a Tesla recall notice, and the latest announcement shows that Tesla Motors (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 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.
According to the recall announcement, since April 29, 2022, some imported and domestically produced Model 3 high-performance electric vehicles with production dates from January 12, 2019 to March 25, 2022, totaling 14,684, of which 1,850 are imported cars and 12,834 are domestically produced.
Reason for recall: Due to software reasons, the vehicles within the scope of this recall are in track mode, and the speed area in the central touch display only displays the speed value, missing the speed unit (KM/H). When the vehicle is driving in track mode, the above situation may affect the driver's correct understanding of the speed information, and in extreme cases, it will increase the risk of collision accidents and there are safety hazards.
Solution: Tesla Motors (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. will upgrade the software to 2022.12 or subsequent versions of the software for vehicles within the scope of the recall free of charge through the vehicle remote upgrade (OTA) technology, and the upgraded vehicle will display the speed unit (KM/H) in track mode, and the user can complete the software upgrade without going to the store. For vehicles that cannot be recalled through the vehicle remote upgrade (OTA) technology, Tesla Motors (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. will contact relevant users through the Tesla Service Center to upgrade the software for the vehicle free of charge to eliminate safety hazards.
Judging from the recall announcement, the number of imported and domestic Model 3 high-performance models recalled by Tesla this time totals 14684, but most of them can be solved through OTAs, that is, the reason for the recall is a software problem, not a hardware problem.
In fact, in past Tesla recalls, there have also been cases of product defects being resolved through OTAs, the most recent of which occurred this month. On April 7, Tesla Motors (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. decided to recall some imported and domestically produced Model 3 electric vehicles from January 11, 2019 to January 25, 2022, 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, with a total of 127785 (including 34,207 imported Model 3 vehicles and domesticAlly produced Models). 3 cars 93578). In view of the above defects, Tesla upgrades the motor control software for the vehicles within the scope of the recall free of charge through the car remote upgrade (OTA) technology; for vehicles that cannot be recalled through the vehicle remote upgrade (OTA) technology, the relevant users will be contacted through the service center to upgrade the motor control software for the vehicle to closely monitor the rear motor inverter of the vehicle, and timely replace the rear inverter with related failures for free to eliminate safety hazards.
According to public information, the Model 3 is Tesla's sales model, and in the past year, the delivery of the model in the Chinese market alone has reached 150,890 units. Judging from the two Tesla recalls before and after this month, it means that the number of imported and domestic Model 3 models that Tesla has recalled this month has exceeded 140,000. As far as the domestic Model 3 is concerned, the domestic Model 3 recalled twice this month totaled 106412 vehicles, accounting for 70.5% of the 150,890 models delivered in the Model 3 in 2021.
The latest data show that Tesla delivered 310048 vehicles worldwide in the first quarter of this year, of which 295324 Models 3 and Model Y delivered, accounting for 95% of the total deliveries; domestic deliveries of 182174 vehicles in the first quarter, of which 76684 Model 3 models delivered (26548 in January, 24112 in February, and 26024 in March), accounting for 42% of the total domestic deliveries.
Although Tesla's global delivery volume has reached a new high number of times, the frequency of its recalls is also very high, looking back at 2021, Tesla's cumulative number of recalls in China has reached 6 times, which is equivalent to the frequency of recalls every two months. According to the statistics of the automotive industry, the number of Tesla recalls accounts for the vast majority of the total recalls of new energy vehicles, and its total recall of 543811 electric vehicles covers imported Model 3/Model S and domestic Model 3/Model Y, far exceeding the recall level in the same period in 2020. The automotive industry is concerned that for car owners, the quality of the car is particularly important, the car recall reflects the safety hazards that have defects in product development, and the manufacturer's initiation of the car recall means that the manufacturer has a responsible attitude towards the product and the majority of car owners, but also makes consumers question the safety of the vehicle, but also makes the user lose confidence in the brand product.
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