Turn into "bricks": Chinese carmaker began to block their cars in the Russian Federation

To spread: Li Xiang Chinese Corporation has started blocking its cars in Russia. In machines, absolutely all systems cease to function. Thus, Li Xiang decided to fight "gray" imports. Most cars sold under the Li Auto brand have got to the Russian Federation by so -called "parallel" imports, that is, informally. About it reports the edition "Izvestia". One of the Russian "gray" dealers said about locking the car. Problems began to occur in LI Auto hybrids, released since May this year.

After installing the SIM card, the software is updated to version 7. 4 and the car is actually turning into "brick". All the blocks of the machine stop responding. The renewing is a functionality for combating "gray" imports. The next version of the software plans to correct the problem for machines that have not yet been updated, but already blocked Li Auto it will not help. It is possible that the owners will have to contact the official importer and unlock the car for money.