Vietnam carmaker recalls EVs
Clearance of vehicles will give revenue of over Rs2 billion to the FBR that is facing challenges in meeting monthly tax targets. photo: file
Vietnam’s VinFast said on Saturday it would recall 730 of its model VF e34 electric cars (EVs), which are available only on the domestic market, to make checks and replace their side crash sensors. VinFast, which began operations in 2019, is a unit of Vietnam’s biggest conglomerate Vingroup and has sold 2,208 EVs in total since its launch late last year. “The side crash sensor of the airbag system equipped with the VF e34 model is likely to encounter an incompatibility error with the airbag controller... and therefore may send an incorrect signal to the controller,” VinFast said in a statement. The company said it has not recorded any breakdowns or complaints from customers about the sensor errors. VinFast, which ceased gasoline-powered car production in August, is gearing up to expand in the US market.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 16th, 2022.
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