Tesla is Recalling more than 1.6 million electric vehicles in China

TESLA IS RECALLING more than 1.6 million electric vehicles in China, over issues with steering software and door-locking systems, the country’s regulator says.

The recall includes its models S, X, 3 and Y, and 7,538 imported vehicles. The problems will be fixed by remote updates to software, meaning the vehicles will not need to be taken to dealerships or garages. It comes less than a month after Tesla recalled two million cars in the US due to autopilot software issues. In May last year, the Chinese regulator said more than a million vehicles may have acceleration and braking system issues. The American electric car giant then discovered problems with assisted driving functions and door-locking systems.

In 2022, the firm recalled nearly 128,000 cars in China due to a rear motor inverter defect. And last month, Tesla initiated a recall of over two million vehicles in the United States and Canada due to risks associated with the autopilot software. Tesla’s Shanghai production facility – its first “gigafactory” to be built abroad – delivered 947,000 vehicles in 2023, Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported earlier this week. China, the world’s biggest polluter, has heavily encouraged sales of electric and hybrid vehicles through subsidies, aiming to have a majority of cars powered with clean energy by 2035. During a trip to China last spring, Tesla boss Elon Musk praised the country’s “vitality and promise”.