Americas' Tesla recalls almost all US vehicles in largest-ever such move, Concerns over 2.2 million vehicles due to warning lights problems which increase the

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Source: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/02/02/tesla-recalls-almost-all-us-vehicles-in-largest-ever-such-move/

Tesla recalls almost all US vehicles in largest-ever such move​

Concerns over 2.2 million vehicles due to warning lights problems which increase the risk of crashes​

Tesla is recalling 2.2 million vehicles in the US. Photograph: Getty Images

Fri Feb 2 2024 - 11:37
Tesla is recalling 2.2 million vehicles, or nearly all of its electric vehicles in the US, due to incorrect font sizes on warning lights, which increases the risk of a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday.

This is more than the 2.03 million vehicles Tesla recalled in the US two months ago, its biggest-ever such move at the time, to install new safeguards in its Autopilot advanced driver-assistance system.

Tesla has been under the NHTSA's scanner for its autonomous driving aid that is intended to enable cars to steer, accelerate and brake automatically within their lane.

The latest recall includes vehicles across Tesla's various models, including the Model S, Model X, 2017-2023 Model 3, Model Y, and 2024 Cybertruck vehicles, the NHTSA said.

"Warning lights with a smaller font size can make critical safety information on the instrument panel difficult to read, increasing the risk of a crash," the NHTSA said.

Tesla began releasing an over-the-air software update on January 23rd, free of charge, to fix the issue, the regulator said.

The software update will increase the font size of the visual warning indicators for the brake, park and antilock brake system (ABS).

A Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard requires warning indicators for vehicles equipped with hydraulic brakes to be at least 3.2 millimeters, or an eighth of an inch, high.

The standard also requires contrasting colors for the written, visual warning and the background, with one of them being red.

Tesla's Cybertruck started receiving a software update to fix the issue for the units in production, the report added.

The recall is also the first for the new electric pickup truck model that Tesla started handing over to customers last November.

The Austin, Texas-based automaker’s stores and service centers will be notified after January 31st and owners will get notification letters through mail, the report said. – Reuters

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

LOL!

They say the font size in images for some warning lights is too small. Pushing over-the-air software update to increase size.

old on left with small fonts..new on right with easier to read ones.


No big deal.

 

[Lulldapull]

All this EV drama is just another fad......it'll all fade away down da road, just like da Toyota Prius has drifted into obscurity today. Poor commercial people get so excited on commercial propaganda and then get caught out with their pants down.....lol.......buss kuchh bhee......Here in Japan people hate EV's!

 

[VCheng]

All this EV drama is just another fad......it'll all fade away down da road, just like da Toyota Prius has drifted into obscurity today. Poor commercial people get so excited on commercial propaganda and then get caught out with their pants down.....lol.......buss kuchh bhee......Here in Japan people hate EV's!

I personally regard these EVS as really, really nice golf carts.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

All this EV drama is just another fad......it'll all fade away down da road, just like da Toyota Prius has drifted into obscurity today. Poor commercial people get so excited on commercial propaganda and then get caught out with their pants down.....lol.......buss kuchh bhee......Here in Japan people hate EV's!

It's here whether we like it or not. Already around 25% of car sales in China are EVs and in some European countries it is even higher. That loss of combustion engine marketshare is either going to be made up by higher prices for the rest of us (due to efficiencies of scale declining) or a switch to EVs.

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[Lulldapull]

It's here whether we like it or not. Already around 25% of car sales in China are EVs and in some European countries it is even higher. That loss of combustion engine marketshare is either going to be made up by higher prices for the rest of us (due to efficiencies of scale declining) or a switch to EVs.

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Bro here in Japan, EV's are just regarded as anathema. I don't know what the issue is but people refuse to buy em. Very strange.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Bro here in Japan, EV's are just regarded as anathema. I don't know what the issue is but people refuse to buy em. Very strange.

It seems to me those boxy little Wuling-mini type Kei cars have most of the sales.

Honda Kei car.

Tiny boxy cars popular in China and Japan.

Chinese Wuling Mini

 

[Lulldapull]

It seems to me those boxy little Wuling-mini type Kei cars have most of the sales.

These little EV's start having battery issue few years down da road. Maintenance gets expensive and the charging mileage declines exponentially with age. Replacing da battery is totally not economically feasible.