Subj : chinese cars ceasing to function..
To   : Arelor
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Sep 18 2025 14:35:00

Hello Arelor!

** On Thursday 18.09.25 - 10:16, Arelor wrote to August Abolins:

 A>   Re: chinese cars ceasing to function..
 A>   By: August Abolins to Arelor on Thu Sep 18 2025 10:55 am

 >> Again..  which ones are those?
 >>

 A> From the top of my head, WM Motors is the most prominent case in Asia..

No links to specific claims? :/  That's a lot of work on my  
part.  Found one on wm motors: (but it just seems like a  
commentary rather than an investigative report.)

https://insideevs.com/news/732178/car-software-fail-wm-motor/

And.. it appears that wm motors is coming back in business.


 A> Also I have heard some server failure at Tesla caused the door locks to go
 A> AWOL.

This one?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/cars/recalls/2025/09/16/tesla- 
door-handle-investigation/86184603007/

"Based on the preliminary review by the Office of Defects  
Investigation, this "condition appears to occur when the  
electronic door locks receive insufficient voltage from the  
vehicle."

So.. the "the server" claim may be false.

That's not much different from any car with electrically locked  
doors.  A very small child might find it hard to unlock the  
doors mechanically.   But on my rav4 I can override the  
elecrically locked mechanism by just flipping the door handle  
from the inside.  Too bad Tesla didn't seem to consider that  
override - if that's true.

The rav4 is no different than trying to open the door  
electrically from the outside: if the fob fails to operate,  
then no dice.  But the physical key from the outside overrides  
everything.
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  ../|ug

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