A rethink for China’s carmakers as regulators tell them to fix quality, not add features
Four Chinese ministries have begun a yearlong vehicle quality campaign that bars carmakers from changing technical parameters through over-the-air updates after test samples are sealed, with penalties including suspension from the product catalogue. A separate mandatory standard requires physical controls for 19 functions from July 2027.
Four Chinese ministries have launched a yearlong inspection campaign covering intelligent connected vehicles. It began on 27 August and is about build quality and conformity, not new technology.
The clause worth reading twice concerns software. Carmakers may not alter a vehicle’s technical parameters through over-the-air updates once test samples have been sealed, CnEVPost reported.
That closes a specific gap. A car can be approved in one configuration and delivered in another, with nobody retesting it.
The penalties are administrative rather than financial. Public naming, suspension from the product catalogue, and a bar on filing new models.
The timing follows a difficult month. China’s...
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