{"id":575766,"date":"2021-06-28T17:05:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T21:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575766"},"modified":"2021-06-28T17:05:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T21:05:59","slug":"nearly-300000-teslas-recalled-in-china-over-unintended-acceleration-software-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-300000-teslas-recalled-in-china-over-unintended-acceleration-software-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 300,000 Teslas Recalled In China Over \u2018Unintended Acceleration\u2019 Software Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnearly-300000-teslas-recalled-in-china-over-unintended-acceleration-software-bug%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=575766&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1179900911-e1624913320957.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>According to reports, nearly every Tesla vehicle built and sold in China following the opening of Shanghai\u2019s \u201cGigafactory\u201d is being recalled over concerns that cruise control systems may result in unintended acceleration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe problem, according to Chinese regulators, is that the system can be accidentally activated in certain models, resulting in unintended acceleration,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/06\/28\/business\/tesla-china-recall-intl-hnk\/index.html\"><span>CNN<\/span><\/a><span> reported. \u201cThe recall includes 35,665 imported Model 3 vehicles and 249,855 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles made at the Shanghai plant or almost every single locally made car that Tesla (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/money.cnn.com\/quote\/quote.html?symb=TSLA&#038;source=story_quote_link\"><span>TSLA<\/span><\/a><span>) has sold in China since January 2020.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a statement, Tesla apologized, promising to \u201cstrictly follow national regulations and keep improving our safety protection.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe apologize for the inconvenience caused by this recall to all car owners,\u201d Tesla announced on Weibo, China\u2019s Twitter-like platform, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tesla-recalls-285-000-vehicles-in-china-most-of-them-locally-made-11624698587\"><span>The Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cTesla will continue to improve safety in strict accordance with national requirements.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>CNN also noted that \u201cthe setback isn\u2019t as damaging as a conventional recall,\u201d since the problem can be addressed with a \u201csoftware update that doesn\u2019t require customers to return their cars.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tesla\u2019s stock price seemed to shoulder the issues, however, with shares closing up more than 2.51% on Monday, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/06\/28\/tesla-shares-shrug-off-soft-recall-of-285000-cars-in-china.html\"><span>CNBC<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The State Administration for Market Regulation, China\u2019s vehicle safety authority, released a statement on the issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cVehicles within the scope of this recall may cause the driver to incorrectly activate the active cruise function in the following situations due to the active cruise control system problem: When the vehicle is in D gear, the driver again pulls the right control lever to try to switch gears; When making a sharp turn, the driver accidentally touches and turns the right control lever and waits,\u201d the State Administration for Market Regulation <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.samr.gov.cn\/zw\/zh\/202106\/t20210626_331554.html\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cAfter the active cruise control is activated by mistake, if the cruise speed set by the vehicle is not the current speed, and the current speed is lower than the set speed, the vehicle will accelerate to the set speed, and a sudden increase in vehicle speed will occur, which will affect the driver\u2019s expectations. It may lead to misjudgment of vehicle control and, in extreme cases, the vehicle may collide, posing safety hazards.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The statement added that OTA technology will be used \u201cto upgrade the active cruise control software for vehicles within the scope of the recall for free, and users can complete the software upgrade without going to the store.\u201d The owners of vehicles which cannot be recalled using OTA technology will be contacted through the Tesla Service Center to \u201cupgrade the vehicles for free.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/6\/26\/22551618\/tesla-recalls-model-vehicles-china-cruise-control-safety\"><span>The Verge<\/span><\/a><span> explained, <\/span><span>Tesla first signed an agreement<\/span><span> to build a facility in China in 2018 and began delivering cars produced at its Shanghai Gigafactory in December 2019. According to the outlet, Tesla said its goal was to produce 500,000 vehicles per year in China, \u201cthe largest electric vehicle market in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span> member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, nearly every Tesla vehicle built and sold in China following the opening of Shanghai\u2019s \u201cGigafactory\u201d is being recalled over concerns that cruise control systems may result in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281561,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1179900911-e1624913320957.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Nearly 300,000 Teslas Recalled In China Over \u2018Unintended Acceleration\u2019 Software Bug","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-575766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1179900911-e1624913320957.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Nearly 300,000 Teslas Recalled In China Over \u2018Unintended Acceleration\u2019 Software Bug","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}