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Tesla delivers over-the-air software patches to fix 26,047 Shanghai-made electric cars in recall
- Tesla will deliver an over-the-air software patch to fix 12,003 Model 3 electric sedans and 14,044 Model Y sports-utility vehicles (SUVs)
- The virtual recall applies to vehicles that rolled off Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai between December 28, 2020 and January 15, 2022
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Tesla will use its over-the-air (OTA) patch to update the software on more than 26,000 Shanghai-made electric vehicles to repair a glitch that could cause heat pump compressors to stop working.
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The carmaker will deliver a software patch to fix 12,003 Model 3 electric sedans and 14,044 Model Y sports-utility vehicles (SUVs), in a virtual recall of vehicles that rolled off its Gigafactory in Shanghai between December 28, 2020 and January 15, 2022, according to a statement by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR).
Tesla’s latest software fix follows the recall last November when it took back 21,599 Model Ys, almost one of every four SUVs it assembled in Shanghai during the first 10 months of 2021. Still, the fixes have not dented customers’ enthusiasm for Tesla, which outsells its nearest competitor by nearly three-to-one.
“Constant recalls by Tesla do not seem to have an impact on sales,” said Tian Maowei, a manager with Yiyou Auto Service in Shanghai. “Thousands of Tesla fans in China believe that these defects are all one-off issues and can be fixed through recalls.”
Tesla’s 2021 deliveries soared 117 per cent to 321,000 vehicles, cementing its position as the bellwether of the electric car industry in China.
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