VOYAH AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CLASS

Changan Automobile confirmed to Red Star Capital Bureau that on October 9 it received a survey questionnaire from CATARC regarding brake pedal assembly materials, with the questionnaire focusing on the application of non-metallic materials in pedal assemblies. CATARC is a central state-owned enterprise directly under the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, entrusted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to conduct research on automotive standards and regulations. Industry insiders believe this survey may have been influenced by the incident involving the fracture of the brake pedal bracket on the Maextro V800, and could promote revisions to industry standards such as Performance Requirements and Bench Test Methods for Automotive Pedal Devices, with the questionnaire serving as preparatory work. Industry insiders pointed out that current national and industry standards lack quantitative load thresholds, material restrictions, or test methods for brake pedals and their brackets, leaving a standards gap for non-metallic brake pedal assemblies, and automakers may use non-metallic materials as long as they can demonstrate performance equivalent to metal materials. After the incident, executives from automakers including Voyah, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroën Automobile, Yangwang, and GAC Honda posted photos of their own brake pedals and emphasized the use of high-strength metal materials, while an industry insider close to JAC Motors said that brake pedal brackets on many models have long used non-metallic composite materials as part of lightweight design following the development of new energy vehicles.