There has been reports that Tesla has been forced to halt Model 3 “Highland” deliveries in Australia over a matter of technical non-compliance with Australian rules.
Here’s the gist of it – Australia Design Rules (ADR) requires that a car comes with a centre top tether point to secure a child seat that is accessible without tools.
The Tesla Model 3 does have a top tether point welded to the body. But the updated Highland model is now missing a hole in the parcel shelf to access it. This was previously available on the original pre-update Model 3. This violates the “accessible without tools” portion of the rule.
This requirement does not exist in Malaysia. The top tether rule is generally an Australian thing. Most parents here secure their child seats with ISOFIX points only, and an alternate to top tether is a support leg which extends to the floor of the cabin. However, if you intend to use a child seat that requires the use of top tether for proper fitment, you may want to take note of this issue.
No news yet how Tesla will deal with this. It might have to update the design of the rear parcel shelf to add the access to the top tether point back in.
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wow.
Tesla Fraud, halted by External?
Many canceled Tesla and gone for BYD Seal
Lucky not battery frozen can’t charge
Fully agreed. Cancelled due to no support for android auto or apple carplay. Furthermore so many optional package needs subscription or extra payment
Source for your claim?
This is Msia Baharu, no need source to make an accusation. Just hentam someone with 47 accusations then when go to court last2 find out all is fake and get DNAA.
This is not a politics site. You want to talk about politics, please go to PN or Pakatan forum.
Tesla safety scandal, no affect Msia market.
P2/ Daihatsu safety scandal, no affect Msia market.
Bisaa
Hi tech car much better than BYD. But poor service. Worst nightmare going thru waiting process. Next car wont be Tesla Malaysia
In Bolehland all wait n see attitude bcos life are not priority , janji dpt kereta dulu.
Won’t affect Malaysians as they don’t use child seats
True. Most Malaysian parents who doesnt use child seats, already registered their kiddos as organ donors.
Agreed. Child or children wont sit still will climb over front to back to front vice versa. Best is to sit on the lap of dearest pama few cm away from steering wheel
People in USA are ditching EVs.
All the big American Ev giants are halting production(except pioneer Tesla) due to huge losses and inventories overflowing.
They r shifting back to ICE cars.
Range anxiety,unreliable charging infra, lithium battery fires ,higher insurance costs,huge cost of battery replacement once warranty is over etc are main issues plaguing would be buyers.
Here,people are jumping into the EV bandwagon just to be cool.
Same can be said with those ev bitches who hating on Mazda for recently launching a Mazda Speed Racing brand.
Absolutely agreed. Prefer the bubbling sound of v8 hemi gasoline heavy drinking cars or the spectacular pyrotechnique capable PHEV cars.
It is when law is outdated or lawmakers oversight. If there’s change in technology, one should consider the implications of existing regulations. If it is still valid and should we change to allow for this new technology. Isofix is the trend now.
No big deal, whichever problematic car model come to bolehland will eventually become no problem at all.
Is the middle rear seat… dotn think much issue. Seldom use on rear middle seat, most car in Malaysia also dont have.
I don’t understand. You already have the isofix structure already at the body. Why is there no hole at the rear parcel shelf? Did the parcel shelf designer missed out the center ISOFIX feature in the spec sheet?
Australian consumers are so well protected…vs malaysia apa pun boleh. good example is Daihatsu stop production else where but malaysia not impacted woohhooo
Then might as well just forget about the aussie market.. silly rules.. being Tesla, just do it