The outside world should not be too harsh on Tesla, because other cars also have safety and technical problems.
According to foreign media reports, authoritative American magazines recently criticized the Tesla Model 3 for too long braking distance, so it will no longer recommend this model to consumers. As the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk responded to the report today. He admitted that there is a braking problem with Model 3, but said that the company will resolve it through a software update within a few days.
Musk also said on Twitter on Monday that he tested the old Model 3, and Tesla has improved it.
The announced issues narrowed Tesla's share price gains on Monday, which occurred at a time when the company was struggling to respond to car accident reports and questioning its financial status.
Since September last year, Tesla's stock price has fallen by about $100. Affected by the easing of Sino-US trade relations, the stock rose by nearly 3% on Monday and about 1% in early trading on Tuesday.
"Through further improvements, we can make the braking distance shorter than the initial configuration. Tesla will not stop improving until the braking performance of the Model 3 is better than any car in the same class," Musk said when communicating with other Twitter netizens.
He said: "The early production models were used for testing. Now Model 3 has been improved in terms of ride comfort, noise and many other aspects. We will ask them to test the current production models."
The production of Tesla Model 3 began in July last year. After satisfying Tesla employees, the first batch of ordinary customers did not get their cars until December last year.
In the evaluation on Monday, it said that it bought a second privately owned Model 3 car for testing. The results showed that the braking speed of the car was slower than that of a full-size pickup truck.
In this regard, Musk said that the evaluation was "very strange." He said that the difference in braking distance is due to the calibration algorithm of the anti-lock brake system.
"The test results are inconsistent with other reviewers, but it may also indicate that some Model 3 has a longer braking distance than other models. If this is the case, we will solve it at our own expense. Maybe this is just a firmware adjustment problem, we can upgrade through OTA software Solved." Musk said.
Analysts said the report is not good publicity for Tesla.
"Although the report will not affect Tesla brand fanatics, it may have an impact on some more random buyers," said Neil Saunders, an executive at GlobalData Retail, a consumer research firm.
He said: "It is important that the outside world should not be too harsh on Tesla, because other cars also have safety and technical issues. Unlike other companies, Tesla’s problem is that it is a young brand that needs to win People’s trust, so it cannot afford too many mistakes."
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