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The hood latch issue caused the recall of almost 1.9 million Tesla vehicles

Over the past few years, Tesla has recalled several million of its vehicles due to various safety issues. In June there was a safety problem with the seat belt warning system. Now, they are recalling nearly 2 million vehicles due to a software issue that fails to warn drivers of an open hood.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) warned Tesla that an inadequately secured hood could open while driving, blocking the driver’s view. Therefore, the Tesla company offered an over-the-air software update, which should solve the problem.

The problem with unintended hood opening was reported in China in March, after which the company launched an investigation and found latch switch deformation as the cause of the warning not being activated. The hood latch assemblies were manufactured by the Chinese company Magna Closures Kunshan Co. Ltd., and the engineers started inspecting Tesla vehicles in Europe and North America. The investigation is still ongoing, but the company has decided to recall 1.8 million vehicles for the safety of drivers.

This issue affected Model 3, Model S, and Model X cars built between 2021 and 2024, and Model Y cars built between 2020 and 2024.

Source: Reuters

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Tesla warns owners not to use wet towels while charging

Tesla has advised owners not to use unproven tricks that may supposedly help them, one of which is placing a wet towel on the handle of the Supercharger charger with the intention of cooling it down.

One Model S owner claims the car was charging at 60kW, and when he wrapped a wet towel around the charger’s handle, the charging speed increased to 95kW. Also, some people said that the charging speed dropped from 147 to 58 kW, and after putting a wet towel on it, it increased to 119 kW.

“Putting a wet cloth on the handle of the Supercharger charger does not increase charging speed, it interferes with temperature monitoring and causes the risk of overheating and damage. Please do not do this so that our systems can function properly and detect the real charging problem,” it was announced from Tesla.

Source: Tesla

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Tesla Model 2 will arrive in 2025

During the company’s financial report, Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed the arrival of a new electric car, the Tesla Model 2. It is an affordable car that will cost less than the Model 3, and which should arrive on the market in the first half of next year.

Last year, a teaser was released showing a car with a curved roofline and similar design to the Model Y SUV and Model 3. The Model 2 is also expected to look a bit like the facelifted Model 3 with slimmer headlights compared to Tesla’s older models. It should be positioned as a rival to conventional family hatchback models with a size of around 4.4 meters, and this could be achieved with a more aggressive rear roofline.

The car will be produced on the same production lines as the current models. This will not achieve the projected savings, but it will provide an opportunity for the company to increase the volume of vehicles in a more efficient way during uncertain times. “This should help us use the maximum capacity, which is close to three million vehicles, and enable a growth of more than 50 percent compared to production in 2023 before investing in new production lines,” the company said.

The Tesla CEO also said that this car will use everything the company learned during the development of the Model S, X, 3 and Y, as well as the Cybertruck and the Semi truck.

Source: Tesla