Lee DunaTesla is recalling 1.62 million vehicles in China over autopilot safety controls
veeeThere’s got to be another way to describe this than as a “recall”. New buyers seeing the term “recall” could shake their confidence in the EV industry as a whole and needlessly perpetuate the sale of ICE vehicles.
squibletPeople said the same thing recently when Tesla was required to do an OTA update in the US. The thing is that while they don’t have to physically work on each vehicle, it’s labeled a recall because it’s a regulatory action that compelled them to do it. Tesla didn’t decide to do these updates on their own, rather, they were directed to do so by the government, first in the US and now in China.
Aha! This makes a lot of sense and is the type of answer i was looking for.
stealthnerdVoluntary recalls are actually more common than ordered recalls. Manufacturers usually don’t wait for the NHTSA to get involved.
What makes it a recall is that either the manufacturer or the NHTSA determine that there’s a safety defect or that the vehicle doesn’t confirm to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard.
So I believe the terminology is required by the NHTSA ic it fits the above definition regardless of how the issue is addressed.
Of course this is for the US and this is a recall in China but I’m assuming similar legal requirements are involved.