German regulators investigate Tesla's touch screen failure

According to a German paper media report, the German Motor Vehicle Administration KBA is investigating the safety risks associated with Tesla's touch screen display.

The German paper media 'Bild am Sonntag' (Bild am Sonntag) quoted a KBA spokesperson and reported that KBA has asked Tesla to provide relevant information. Prior to this, the US authorities also proposed similar issues to Tesla. Requirements. A KBA spokesperson told the 'Sunday Pictorial' that the German authorities are in contact with the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, and KBA has also launched its own investigation.

The spokesperson also added: “The results of the investigation are not yet available.” Neither the Tesla spokesperson nor the KBA spokesperson immediately responded to requests for comment.

On January 20th, NHTSA asked Tesla to recall 158,000 Model S and Model X vehicles because the media control unit (MCU) of the vehicle may malfunction, which may cause the touch screen display to fail to work. Bring security risks.

In November last year, the U.S. automobile safety agency upgraded its safety investigation against Tesla and made an unusual request for a mandatory recall in an official letter sent to Tesla. The agency stated that it has initially determined that Tesla's Model S produced between 2012 and 2018 and the Model X produced between 2016 and 2018 have defects related to motor vehicle safety.

NHTSA stated that after considering “Tesla’s technical briefing presentation and evaluating Tesla’s claims”, it made a decision to require Tesla to recall the vehicle. NHTSA added, 'During our review of the data, Tesla confirmed that, given the limited storage capacity of storage devices, all devices will inevitably fail.'