Tesla has started pushing a new OTA update in China that will lower the minimum speed requirement at which automatic emergency braking (AEB) can be activated, according to a message posted by the company on Weibo on Monday.
The update changes the minimum speed to trigger the AEB feature from 8km/h to 5km/h.
In addition, after the update, vehicles will send alerts if the charging port is not successfully connected when the user is charging with AC power.
Tesla said that software updates are pushed in waves, and there may be several days' variation in the updates received by different vehicles. The company recommends that users keep their vehicles online and that software update preferences be set to Advanced.
Tesla said the features available in the latest software may vary depending on the model.
A month ago, Tesla announced a recall of a total of 285,520 vehicles in China because they were susceptible to car safety hazards due to an active cruise control system issue that could cause drivers to accidentally activate the active cruise function in the following situations
Tesla has upgraded the active cruise control software for the recalled vehicles free of charge through OTA, which allows users to complete the software upgrade without having to visit a store.
Tesla has opened more than 870 Supercharger stations in China, with more than 6,700 Superchargers, and more than 700 destination charging stations in China, offering 1,700 destination charging piles.
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