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  "id": 8219948,
  "title": "EV maker BYD recalls more than 180,000 cars in China over brake pedal risk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/ev-maker-byd-recalls-more-than-180-000-cars-in-china-over-brake-pedal",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-18T09:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/byd-recall-180000-cars-brake-pedal-risk-6394346"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The exercise covers 183,211 Qin and Tang series vehicles produced between 2014 and 2022, as a defect in a batch of brake pedal stopper pads puts them at risk of cracking or detaching over time.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "EV maker BYD recalls more than 180,000 cars in China over brake pedal risk",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/ev-maker-byd-recalls-more-than-180-000-cars-in-china-over-brake-pedal-8220518",
        "published": "2026-09-18T09:20:00.000Z"
      }
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  },
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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."
}