Tesla executives grilled by Chinese authorities over the quality of its Shanghai-made Model 3 electric cars

[Feng Leng]

Tesla grilled by Chinese authorities over quality of Model 3 cars

Five Chinese departments, including the State Administration for Market Regulation, ask the carmaker to comply strictly with the mainland’s laws and regulations and protect consumer rights.

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• Five Chinese departments, including the State Administration for Market Regulation, ask the carmaker to comply strictly with mainland laws and rules
• Rap on the knuckles comes after carmaker apologises to China’s State Grid for blaming the state-owned utility for damage caused to a Model 3

Chinese authorities have raised issues concerning the safety of Tesla cars with executives of the world’s largest electric vehicle maker, urging it to comply with regulations and protect consumers.

The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said it had conducted interviews with Tesla officials in Beijing and Shanghai recently over safety issues and incidents reported by consumers, including unintended acceleration, battery fires and over-the-air updates, together with Cyberspace Administration of China, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Emergency Management.

They asked the California-based EV maker to comply strictly with China’s laws and regulations, strengthen its internal management, assume primary responsibility for safety, maintain public safety efficiently and protect consumer rights, according to statement published on SAMR’s website late on Monday.

Competition in the world’s largest market for new-energy vehicles has intensified, pitting Tesla against the likes of home-grown EV start-ups such as NIO, Xpeng and Li Auto.

Electric car sales in China jumped 12 per cent to 1.17 million units in 2020, defying the consumption slump and depressed sentiment due to the coronavirus pandemic. Sales this year may increase by 50 per cent to 1.8 million units and up to 3 million by 2025, spurred by generous government subsidies and new models, according to an estimate by industry officials.

The meeting between Chinese authorities and Tesla executives came a week after the carmaker apologised to China’s State Grid for blaming the state-owned utility’s power system for damage caused to a Model 3.

A Tesla employee told the car’s owner in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, that the car’s inverter was damaged because of a current overload caused by the utility.

After State Grid denied the allegations, Tesla apologised to the company for misleading consumers. It added that the technical issue with the Model 3 car was resolved and further investigation into the problem was conducted.

Over the past few months, local media have reported several complaints lodged by mainland drivers about the quality of the Shanghai-made Model 3 cars.

“The intervention by the ministry-level authorities showed that complaints over Model 3’s quality had risen to such a level that regulators had to give a warning to Tesla to solve the problems,” said Gao Shen, an independent analyst on manufacturing sectors in Shanghai. “It remains to be seen whether harsh punishments, such as fines, would be slapped on Tesla.”

 

[qwerrty]

In an investigative report published on Friday, Chinese media Pingwest mentioned that Tesla is doing whatever it can to lower quality standards in order to boost production and sales in China, and that bad parts are likely to be loaded onto cars.

In addition to the parts chaos, some suppliers said that the huge production pressure was overwhelming suppliers, according to the report. And when production requirements reach a critical point, suppliers' solution is simple, which is to bring faulty parts, or even inferior products, directly to use.

The report said that even some Tesla engineers lamented that although the appearance looks all Tesla, the difference in quality control is not insignificant, "this (Shanghai factory) car is another car altogether, it is simply a defective product".

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[Beast]

@Hamartia Antidote @F-22Raptor

I told you Tesla sales in China for 2020 is one time off and China are killing the goose now to support local brand.

Too bad you cheering up and down thinking Tesla as american companies depending on EV sales on China is a good thing. China is state controlled. We can killed off any business we want. Even Jack Ma knows it.

2021 will be different story for Tesla.

Tesla China sells 15,484 cars locally in January--and no, it isn't due to a ‘demand cliff’

Figures from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) have indicated that Tesla sold 15,484 vehicles locally in the first month of 2021. Interestingly enough, data from CLS and other Chinese automotive agencies have indicated that the 15,484 figure only accounted for the Made-in-China Model 3...

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Tesla’s local sales in China for January 2021 is a notable drop from the company’s domestic sales in December 2020, when the EV maker sold 23,804 vehicles locally.

http://autonews.gasgoo.com/m/Detail/70017969.html

While BYD Han maintain at 10000 threshold, selling almost the same amount as December 2020. The sales is due to BYD production limit.

 

[qwerrty]

@Hamartia Antidote @F-22Raptor

I told you Tesla sales in China for 2020 is one time off and China are killing the goose now to support local brand.

Too bad you cheering up and down thinking Tesla as american companies depending on EV sales on China is a good thing. China is state controlled. We can killed off any business we want. Even Jack Ma knows it.

2021 will be different story for Tesla.

Tesla China sells 15,484 cars locally in January--and no, it isn't due to a ‘demand cliff’

Figures from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) have indicated that Tesla sold 15,484 vehicles locally in the first month of 2021. Interestingly enough, data from CLS and other Chinese automotive agencies have indicated that the 15,484 figure only accounted for the Made-in-China Model 3...

www.teslarati.com

Tesla’s local sales in China for January 2021 is a notable drop from the company’s domestic sales in December 2020, when the EV maker sold 23,804 vehicles locally.

http://autonews.gasgoo.com/m/Detail/70017969.html

While BYD Han maintain at 10000 threshold, selling almost the same amount as December 2020. The sales is due to BYD production limit.

BYD said on February 4 that it sold 12,103 units of BYD Han in January, the third consecutive month of sales above 10,000 units.

Sales of the model increased 0.12 percent in January compared to December, and 52,659 units have been sold since its launch in July 2020.

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China-made Tesla vehicles sold 15,484 units in January, down 35 percent from 23,804 units sold in December, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). The company started to deliver the locally made Model Y in small volumes in the same month.

China-made Tesla vehicles sell 15,484 units in Jan, down 35%from Dec

China-made Tesla Model 3 sold 15,484 units in January, down 35 percent from 23,804 units sold in December, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).

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[Beidou2020]

Beginning of the end for Tesla in China.

 

[Beast]

Beginning of the end for Tesla in China.

Those holding Tesla share quickly sold it while it still values.

 

[F-22Raptor]

Beginning of the end for Tesla in China.

You guys realize that a lower figure was expected due to exports right? It’s better to compare the first month of each quarter than the previous month.

I love threads like these because it allows me to save them and revisit by years end.

 

[Beast]

You guys realize that a lower figure was expected due to exports right? It’s better to compare the first month of each quarter than the previous month.

I love threads like these because it allows me to save them and revisit by years end.

Really? Stop your excuse, the Tesla factory may even close down. Your Tesla fate is in Xi mercy. Blame your own American for poor EV sales instead of depending on China.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

@Hamartia Antidote @F-22Raptor

I told you Tesla sales in China for 2020 is one time off and China are killing the goose now to support local brand.

Too bad you cheering up and down thinking Tesla as american companies depending on EV sales on China is a good thing. China is state controlled. We can killed off any business we want. Even Jack Ma knows it.

2021 will be different story for Tesla.

Tesla China sells 15,484 cars locally in January--and no, it isn't due to a ‘demand cliff’

Figures from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) have indicated that Tesla sold 15,484 vehicles locally in the first month of 2021. Interestingly enough, data from CLS and other Chinese automotive agencies have indicated that the 15,484 figure only accounted for the Made-in-China Model 3...

www.teslarati.com

Tesla’s local sales in China for January 2021 is a notable drop from the company’s domestic sales in December 2020, when the EV maker sold 23,804 vehicles locally.

http://autonews.gasgoo.com/m/Detail/70017969.html

While BYD Han maintain at 10000 threshold, selling almost the same amount as December 2020. The sales is due to BYD production limit.

LOL! China was the one with electric cars who boasted back in 2009 of selling a "world car"..especially in the US.

We just laugh hard now at your companies since Tesla has come out of nowhere and has the #1 car for 2020 and you sell nothing in the US.

Chinese innovation and quality at its best. Talk the big talk and then don't deliver until a US company shows you the way.

Sure 2021 may be different. BYD may finally sell more EV's in China than Tesla...and in 2030 maybe you'll finally have a "world car".

 

[Beast]

LOL! China was the one with electric cars who boasted back in 2009 of selling a "world car"..especially in the US.

We just laugh hard now at your companies since Tesla has come out of nowhere and has the #1 car for 2020 and you sell nothing in the US.

Chinese innovation and quality at its best. Talk the big talk and then don't deliver until a US company shows you the way.

Sure 2021 may be different. BYD may finally sell more EV's in China than Tesla...and in 2030 maybe you'll finally have a "world car".

Lol... Strategic changes.. Surely Warren Buffet wouldn't agree with the BS u spew when BYD scores all front in battery innovation, supply, ICBT chips, bus EV , EV Vans, EV forklift, EV trucks , and now EV car and make tons of money for him and shareholders. It is the only EV company with full supply chain. The potential and longevity with BYD is much better than Tesla.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Lol... Strategic changes.. Surely Warren Buffet wouldn't agree with the BS u spew when BYD scores all front in battery innovation, supply, ICBT chips, bus EV , EV Vans, EV forklift, EV trucks , and now EV car and make tons of money for him and shareholders. It is the only EV company with full supply chain. The potential and longevity with BYD is much better than Tesla.

Yes, Warren Buffet has seen his 25% investment return of $232M turn into $7Billion.

Now if he bought 25% of Tesla instead that would be $200B..on a much smaller initial investment.

He could then sell $20B of it and buy the other 75% of BYD and still be up $180B.

Wouldn't Warren Buffet agree?

 

[KurtisBrian]

We just laugh hard now at your companies since Tesla has come out of nowhere and has the #1 car for 2020 and you sell nothing in the US.

China sells $600 billion of stuff in the US. Perhaps better way to look at it is, electric cars should be for the Chinese FIRST because they have the air quality problems due to all those dirty factories we have them using.