Chinese regulators tell Tesla to patch nearly 3 million cars
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Tesla is facing a massive recall in China today.
Key facts
- But cars that have already been on sale for some time, like the Models 3 and Y, are grandfathered in, at least until the end of 2028
- But China wants Tesla to do something about the nearly 3 million cars already on its roads
- Tesla is also facing a second Chinese recall, this one only affecting 2.74 million cars
- Now, the update will leverage the interior camera in the Models 3 and Y to track the driver’s gaze instead
Summary
As they learned earlier this year, Chinese regulators are getting more serious about the recent trend of electronically controlled car doors; a growing number of crashes have had fatal consequences when the occupants have been trapped in burning cars. But China wants Tesla to do something about the nearly 3 million cars already on its roads. Tesla is also facing a second Chinese recall, this one only affecting 2.74 million cars. However, Electrek has previously reported that Chinese Tesla owners have been able to defeat the cabin driver monitoring system—which it has rolled out to customers with its more advanced partially automated driving system—by mounting a doll’s head in front of the camera.