Tesla has announced that it will recall about 50,000 Model S and Model X vehicles in China, due to system problems.
According to Arabia Net, this is a setback for the American electric car manufacturer, in light of the intense competition it faces in the Chinese market, which is the largest market for cars in the world.
and the company will recall cars made between September 17, 2013 and January 15, 2018, as there were two different defects in the suspension system, and it is possible that some of the recalled vehicles On both, according to Al-Qabas newspaper.
the recall applies to the bulk of the imported cars that the company has sold in China in recent years, as Tesla began manufacturing in Shanghai at the beginning of 2020. Usually, sales of imported models, only a few hundred vehicles per month.
and cast quality issues, such as fires caused by battery defects, weighed on consumers' perceptions of electric vehicles, as customers of various manufacturers have reported electric vehicle fires in recent weeks . The Shanghai plant helped Tesla expand into China, and the company said it had the capacity to produce 200,000 cars annually on site.
