Tesla forced to recall record 3 million cars in China over door-handle issue
- Source
- South China Morning Post - Business
- Source link
- https://www.scmp.com/business/china-evs/article/3364887/tesla-forced-recall-record-3-million-cars-china-over-door-handle-issue
- Published
- 2026-08-21 14:38:14
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-21 16:46:08
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- China
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
Tesla has issued the largest-ever product recall in mainland China’s electric vehicle (EV) market, as Elon Musk’s firm pledges to fix a door-handle issue affecting nearly 3 million cars. The massive recall comes as Chinese regulators move to ban retractable car door handles over safety fears, after a fatal incident last year in which a driver was left trapped inside a burning vehicle as passers-by were unable to open the car doors. While Tesla is not the only company affected by the move, the US...
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