JAC shares rebound by daily limit as Maextro V800 brake controversy faces joint probe
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Huawei Becomes Proxy for Public Criticism of Party-State
Executive Summary: On October 8, Dongchedi (懂车帝), a car review platform in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), published a video of a brake test, where three new Maextro (尊界) V800s made repeated emergency stops from 100 kilometers per hour. The brake pedal bracket broke on all three (China National Radio, October 8). [1] The car, […]
The brake pedal broke on three new luxury cars during hard braking. Now authorities are stepping in and starting an investigation into the car giants' new luxury car. The Chinese luxury car Maextro V800 has been caught up in a growing safety scandal. During tests of three different examples, the brake pedal attachment broke during repeated emergency braking from 100 km/h. The test drivers were then no longer able to use the foot brake normally. …
Three Maextro V800s, a luxury monovolum developed by Huawei and JAC, suffered the same malfunction in emergency brake tests: brake pedal support dropped. The model costs around 102,000 to 136,000 euros in China. The manufacturer promised free changes, but challenges the test conditions.
Huawei's Yu Chengdong commented on the investigation by three departments into the brake pedal issue. According to screenshots shared by several bloggers, Yu Chengdong, Executive Director of Huawei, forwarded the statement from the Zunjie Auto and stated: "Justice may be delayed, but it will never be absent!" This statement addresses the online reports of a "broken brake pedal bracket on the Zunjie V800 car."
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