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On January 29th, the State Administration of Market Supervision issued a recall announcement. Guangzhou Xiaopeng Automotive Technology Co., Ltd. filed the recall plan according to the requirements, and decided to recall some of the Xiaopeng G3 cars produced from March 29, 2019 to September 27, 2020, totaling 13399.

The reason for the recall is that the tin terminal connected to the copper bar screws on the DC bus capacitor of the vehicle inverter within the recall range may cause a short circuit between the positive and negative poles of the high voltage DC current, resulting in no high voltage supply of the inverter. When this happens, if the vehicle is in a state of parking, it may not be able to start again; if the vehicle is in a state of driving, it may cause the vehicle to lose power and there is a hidden danger to safety.

In view of the above defects, Xiaopeng Automobile will replace the improved inverter for the vehicles within the recall range free of charge, in order to completely eliminate the hidden dangers of safety.

Data show that Xiaopeng Automobile, founded in 2014, is the Internet electric vehicle brand of Guangzhou Orange Line Intelligent Automotive Technology Co., Ltd., initiated by he Xiaopeng, Xia Heng and others. In August 2020, Xiaopeng Motor landed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "XPEV" and currently has a total market capitalization of $37 billion.

At present, Xiaopeng has two models, Xiaopeng G3 and Xiaopeng P7, for sale. Among them, Xiaopeng G3 began to be delivered in December 2018 and Xiaopeng P7 began to be delivered in May 2020. Data show that in 2020, Xiaopeng G3 delivered 11691 vehicles, Xiaopeng P7 delivered 15315 vehicles. It is not difficult to see that the recall of Xiaopeng G3 has exceeded the total sales volume of 2020.

As a new power brand of car building, its models have been exposed some safety problems more or less. In August 2020, a Xiaopeng G3 caught fire in the street. Xiaopeng responded that after the inspection, it was found that there were obvious serious bruises on the bottom of the battery box, resulting in serious battery damage, which was initially judged to be the cause of the accident.

In July 2020, a Xiaopeng P7 owner broadcast live to safeguard his rights. As shown in the video, the owner filmed the abnormal noise in the control of the vehicle and the inability to use the Bluetooth key. In addition, it can be seen from the banners posted by the owners of the vehicle that the vehicle has abnormal brake jitter, abnormal steering wheel jitter, mismatch between the motor used and the official propaganda, and that the driving mileage is not consistent with the official propaganda.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to Xiaopeng P7, this car owner also has two Xiaopeng G3, which can be said to be a proper "Pengyou", but after such a product problem, the car owner has no choice but to turn black.

Up to now, domestic car brands such as Lulai Automobile, ideal Automobile, Xiaopeng Automobile, Weima Automobile, Zero running car and so on have all started the recall. In June 2019, due to the potential danger of thermal runaway and fire in the battery pack, Lurai recalled 4803 Lulai ES8; in October 2020; also because the battery package was out of control and the risk of fire, Weima announced a recall of 1282 electric vehicles; in the same month, Hangzhou Yangtze River passenger cars recalled 1282 zero-running S01; in November 2020, due to the possibility of the ball pin of the lower arm of the front suspension being detached, the ideal car recalled 10469 ideal ONE.

From the recall of the above brands, there are not only those who started the recall due to market pressure, but also those who took the initiative to record the recall plan. From the point of view of consumers, as a new automobile brand, product problems seem inevitable, but if you know that there are problems with the product, but conceal the product defect because of the taboo of "recall", this is not only irresponsible to the brand, but also irresponsible to consumers.

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