{
  "id": 2394092,
  "title": "Tesla forced to recall record 3 million cars in China over door-handle issue",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/tesla-forced-to-recall-record-3-million-cars-in-china-over-door-2394092",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T14:38:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/china-evs/article/3364887/tesla-forced-recall-record-3-million-cars-china-over-door-handle-issue"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tesla has issued the largest-ever product recall in mainland China’s electric vehicle (EV) market, as Elon Musk’s firm pledges to fix a door-handle issue affecting nearly 3 million cars. The massive recall comes as Chinese regulators move to ban retractable car door handles over safety fears, after a fatal incident last year in which a driver was left trapped inside a burning vehicle as…",
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        "outlet": "SCMP Business",
        "title": "Tesla forced to recall record 3 million cars in China over door-handle issue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/tesla-forced-to-recall-record-3-million-cars-in-china-over-door",
        "published": "2026-08-21T14:38:14.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}