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Taycan at the auto show in Shanghai: Porsche's electric hopefuls have to go to workshops around the world
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Porsche is recalling its Taycan electric car to workshops around the world, around 43,000 Taycan and Taycan Cross Turismo vehicles from the 2020 and 2021 model years are affected, around 3400 of them in Germany.
The fault is a software problem that disrupts communication between the pulse-controlled inverters and the car's electric machines.
This can cause the engines to shut down and the car to coast down.
According to the company, brakes and steering are not affected, the car remains controllable, and safety systems such as ABS and ESP continue to work.
In the event of a breakdown, drivers have 90 seconds to park the car on the side of the road.
According to the manufacturer, it is then sufficient to switch the car off and on again to be able to continue driving.
Affected cars can still be driven
"So far, the error has occurred in 0.3 percent of all cars that could be affected," said a Porsche spokesman. The vehicles are therefore allowed to continue driving without restriction, the error occurs sporadically and is not linked to certain driving conditions. Since this is a safety-relevant measure and calibrations are necessary, the update is not carried out remotely "over the air", but in the workshops. There the software of the power electronics and the engine control unit is checked and updated. "This is an uncomfortable situation, but we found the fault quickly and were able to react," said the spokesman.
Owners of affected vehicles will be contacted by Porsche.
The necessary one-hour workshop visit is free and, according to Porsche, should be done as quickly as possible.
According to the manufacturer, there have been no accidents or injuries as a result of the problem, but in the USA the NHTSA is investigating the incident.
In Germany, the Federal Motor Transport Authority was informed of the recall.
The problem has already been fixed in the current series.
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