Model Y cars are pictured during the opening ceremony of the Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, on March 22. POOL/Reuters
Germany’s road traffic agency said it is recalling Tesla’s Y and 3 models because of a fault in the automatic emergency call system that affects 59,000 cars worldwide.
The KBA watchdog said on its website on June 29 that a software flaw had caused the breakdown of eCall, which is designed to automatically contact emergency response teams in the event of a serious accident.
German regional broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, which serves the region that is home to Tesla’s German Model Y and battery manufacturing plant near Berlin, first reported the recall on Saturday.
KBA said 59,129 vehicles were affected worldwide, but did not specify how many of them were registered in Germany.
The software issue is an added headache for CEO Elon Musk after Tesla on Saturday said it shipped 17.9 percent fewer electric vehicles in the second quarter than the previous quarter as China’s COVID-19 shutdown disrupted the production and supply chain.
Mr Musk said last month that Tesla’s new factories in Texas and Berlin were “losing billions of dollars” as they struggled to ramp up production due to battery shortages and problems with Chinese ports.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in early June updated its probe in 830,000 Tesla vehicles with the advanced Autopilot driver assistance system, a necessary step before it can request a recall.
Tesla could not be reached for comment.
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