59,000 Teslas Recalled For Automatic Emergency Call System Glitch
Germany's road traffic agency recalled Tesla Model 3 and Model Y electric SUVs due to a potential software glitch that could cause the failure of the eCall system. Tesla electric vehicles are hugely popular all over Europe, and with a Gigafactory in Berlin, these cars sell exceptionally well in Germany. For starters, both the Tesla Model 3 and the Model Y topped the EV sales chart in the region in Feb. 2022.
Tesla sells three trims for the Model 3 electric sedan and two Model Y electric SUV variants. Moreover, Tesla cars are outfitted with a robust suite of safety mechanisms, including an autonomous driving tech called the Autopilot. It helps keep the vehicle in the lane, maintains speed and performs automatic lane changes. Tesla also offers a paid Full Self Driving system that could provide a much higher level of autonomous vehicle control when finally released. However, no system is perfect, and accidents can happen at any given moment.
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This is why Tesla equips its electric cars with an automatic emergency call system (eCall) that can inform emergency responders in case of an accident. However, a recent Reuters report says that the software managing this system has a fault affecting around 59,000 Tesla EVs worldwide, including Model 3 and Model Y. As a result, the German road traffic agency has recalled Model 3 and Model Y to sort out the glitch. A German broadcaster, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, first reported on the recall this Saturday.
The Federal Motor Authority in Germany, called the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA), is responsible for ensuring vehicle safety in the region. On June 29, it uploaded a report on its website detailing that a software glitch was
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