According to Ukrinform, this situation was reported by AR with reference to the State Administration for Market Regulation of the People’s Republic of China.

It is stated that Tesla Motors in Beijing and Shanghai will use remote updating to solve problems, so in most cases vehicle owners will not need to visit Tesla service centers.

The recall, due to problems with the automatic steering function, affects 1.6 million Model S, Model ) function distracts drivers from controlling the road, which increases the risk of accidents.

The malfunction of the door unlock logic control for Model S and Model X electric vehicles affects 7,538 vehicles produced between October 26, 2022 and November 16, 2023. These must be removed to prevent the doors from unlocking in the event of a crash.

The recall in China follows the recall of more than 2 million Tesla electric cars in the US last month to improve its driver health monitoring system.

This follows a two-year investigation by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which found system failure in a number of crashes that occurred when drivers were using the partially automated Autopilot driving system. Some accidents were fatal.

The updates aim to force drivers using Tesla’s Autopilot system to be less distracted and pay more attention to the road. The company’s documents filed with the US government say the online software change will increase the number of alerts and prompts for drivers to stay behind the wheel.

China is an important market and production center for Tesla. In 2019, the company established its first electric car factory outside the United States in Shanghai, assembling electric cars for China, Europe and other overseas markets.

According to Ukrinform’s report, the American company Tesla, one of the world’s leading electric car manufacturers, announced that it produced approximately 950,000 cars in its Chinese factory in Shanghai; This accounts for more than half of the 1.8 million electric cars it will produce in 2023. .