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Brake-pedal failures in luxury EV put Chinese cars' quality in…

Regulators from China's industry ministry and three other authorities issued draft rules following brake failures discovered during tests of a Huawei-backed luxury EV brand.

On air: Gloria Vance on Best of BBN
Published 4:57 AM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

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Watch it as it aired: Gloria Vance on this story, from Best of BBN at 4:57 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are SCMP's, the jokes are ours.

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First reported by SCMP: “Brake-pedal failures in luxury EV put Chinese cars’ quality in regulatory spotlight”.
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 4:57 AM ET on Best of BBN, by Gloria Vance.
Topics: EV, Chinese.
BBN covered this story before: EU-China deal could cut Chinese EV imports by up to half (October 10).

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SCMPBrake-pedal failures in luxury EV put Chinese cars’ quality in regulatory spotlight

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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorChinese regulators have published draft rules on car quality after a brake-pedal failure turned up in tests of a luxury electric vehicle from a Huawei-backed brand.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorJoining us is Barnaby Oyelaran-Voss, Minister of Roads and Ribbon Cuttings for Lower Tamsworth Province. Minister, the brakes failed. What happened?
Barnaby Oyelaran-VossGloria, the new rules are a triumph, and I am proud to say my ministry has been demanding them for years.
Barnaby Oyelaran-VossAs for the brakes, that was before my time.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBefore your time. Your ministry approved that car's fast-track certification last spring.
Barnaby Oyelaran-VossLast spring was a very different spring. The drivers, frankly, were pressing the pedal in a way nobody could have foreseen.
Barnaby Oyelaran-VossI have the scissors here, you see.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorScissors. The question was whether your office signed off on the brakes.
Barnaby Oyelaran-VossSigned off? Never.
Barnaby Oyelaran-VossThat was the engineers, the suppliers, the weather, and possibly the previous minister, who, before my time, left in March of my first term.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYour first term. So it was your time.
Barnaby Oyelaran-VossTechnically the calendar was in my time, but the blame was in everyone else's time.
Barnaby Oyelaran-VossThese new rules fix it, and I wrote them personally.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe draft rules came from the national industry ministry and three other authorities, Minister. Not from Lower Tamsworth.
Barnaby Oyelaran-VossWe were consulted in spirit.
Barnaby Oyelaran-VossBefore my time, naturally, the idea was already in the air, and I breathed it first, in April, during my term.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSo what did your ministry actually stop?
Barnaby Oyelaran-VossThe ribbon, Gloria. I stopped that ribbon cleanly, with these gold scissors. They are the only thing in this province that works first time.

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