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Tesla Dealt ‘Black Eye’ in Recall of Cars Sold in China
- Acceleration risk forces an upgrade for 285,000 vehicles
- The software fix in many instances will be made online
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Tesla Inc. will make a software fix to more than 285,000 cars in China, or most of the vehicles it delivered there in recent years, to address a safety issue identified by the country’s regulator.
In many cases the recall is expected to be done remotely with an online update to the cars’ active cruise control feature. Tesla will upgrade the software for free.