According to statistics on automobile recalls published by the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration, my country has implemented about 40 automobile recalls this year, involving about 800,000 vehicles including Volvo, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, FAW, SAIC, Volkswagen, Xiaopeng, etc.; overseas automobile recalls About 400 times, involving about 880,000 cars. Among them, new energy vehicle recalls have always been on the cusp. As a major country of new energy vehicles, my country has accounted for nearly half of the global market share in both production and sales.

As an industry that has just begun to develop on a large scale, it is inevitable that new energy vehicles will encounter various problems in their development. Fuel vehicles have spent more than 100 years solving product quality and safety issues in the evolution of the standard specification system. However, with the development of technology, the reliability of new energy vehicles has also improved. Judging from the existing data, the safety of new energy vehicles may not be worse than traditional fuel vehicles. Sun Fengchun, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said at the 2020 Global Smart Mobility Conference that from the perspective of the safety supervision data of the new energy vehicle national supervision platform, since 2020, the fire accident rate of new energy vehicles has been 0.26 per 10,000.

Recently, Funeng Technology (Ganzhou) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Funeng Technology") customers BAIC New Energy Automobile Changzhou Co., Ltd., Beijing Automotive Co., Ltd., and BAIC (Guangzhou) Automobile Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "BAIC") , It has been decided to recall 31963 EX360 and EU400 pure electric vehicles produced from November 1, 2016 to December 21, 2018 from April 3, 2021. The reason for this recall is mainly due to the consistency differences of the power battery systems of some vehicles of the above two models. Long-term continuous and frequent fast charging in a high temperature environment may cause the performance of individual single cells to deteriorate, and in extreme cases, it may cause occasional failures. There is a risk of fire on the power battery and there is a safety hazard.

BAIC will conduct free inspections and repairs on vehicles within the scope of the recall, replace parts that do not meet the requirements, and upgrade all recalled vehicle control strategy software to eliminate potential safety hazards; Funeng Technology will also actively cooperate with customers in relevant inspections and inspections. Maintenance and other work, and bear related recall costs. At the same time, Funeng Technology will conduct data collection and analysis on the recalled vehicles. The analysis and research of the collected data will have positive guiding significance for Funeng Technology’s product development, control strategy and system matching. In addition, Funeng Technology will Continue to optimize product design, actively expand product sales, provide customers and consumers with high-quality and high-safety power batteries, and provide a one-stop solution for green energy.

Car recalls have become normal

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On October 1, 2004, the "Regulations on the Recall of Defective Automobile Products" was formally implemented in my country, which was upgraded to the "Regulations on the Administration of Recall of Defective Automobile Products" on January 1, 2013. The "Regulations" stipulate: "The defects referred to in these regulations refer to the common problems in the same batch, model or category of automobile products that do not meet the protection of personal and property safety due to reasons such as design, manufacturing, and marking. Circumstances of national standards, industry standards, or other unreasonable dangers that endanger personal and property safety."

Since its implementation in 2004, China's automobile recall system has been around for 17 years. As of the end of 2020, a total of 2,191 car recalls have been implemented, and a total of 76.032,000 defective cars have been recalled. The average number of recalls in the past five years has reached 219, with an average of one recall in a day and a half. The implementation of recalls has become a normal activity for automobile manufacturers.

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▲The number and quantity of automobile product recalls from 2004 to 2020 (Source: State Administration for Market Regulation)

Auto product recalls are just a reflection of the fact that a certain batch of products do not meet relevant specifications, and recalls are not necessarily defective products. With the popularization of new energy vehicles, like traditional gasoline vehicles, companies will need to recall models that may be at risk of defects in accordance with relevant national laws and regulations. Therefore, consumers do not need to feel panic and anxiety in the face of automobile product recalls, because this is just a very common job for automobile manufacturers to fulfill their corporate social responsibilities.

"Is it recalled when the problem is found" reflects the attitude and responsibility

Automobile recall is an internationally accepted product safety supervision system and an important measure to strengthen supervision during and after the incident. In recent years, the initiative of automobile manufacturers to recall has been significantly improved, and it is inseparable from the cooperation of consumers and the supervision of the society. Consumers’ awareness of recalls has slowly begun to change, and they have gradually accepted that recalls are also responsible for consumers. "It is easier for car owners to have a sense of trust in the brand if manufacturers take the initiative to recall," Mr. Huang, who has been recalled, said affirmatively. There are also other car owners who said that the attitude of the recall is related to the style of the car companies. Compared with the car companies that actively recall, the car companies that find problems and choose to evade responsibility are more terrible.

Recall is the last line of defense for product safety, and the implementation of recalls by car companies also reflects the responsibility and responsibility to consumers. At the same time, the country is constantly improving the automobile recall system, which can not only protect the personal and property safety and legal rights of consumers, but also promote the active performance of the main responsibility of product safety by automobile companies, and help improve the level of automobile quality and safety. The past is gone, and the future is here. Providing consumers with high-quality products and services and protecting the rights and interests of consumers requires the continuous joint efforts of the state, enterprises, media and consumers.