Toyota Recalls RAV4 EVs to Repair Tesla System Posing Crash Risk
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Toyota Motor Corp., which built about 2,500 electric vehicles over three years with Tesla Motors Inc., said it’s recalling the RAV4 EVs to repair components supplied by Tesla.
A software flaw in the RAV4 EV’s propulsion system may cause the vehicle to shift into neutral and result in a complete loss of driving power, increasing the risk of a crash, according to a statement posted on Toyota’s U.S. website. Tesla supplied the component that Toyota dealers will repair, Cindy Knight, a Toyota spokeswoman, wrote in an e-mail.