(Yicai) Feb. 10 -- Nio will recall more than 245,00 electric vehicles produced by the Chinese carmaker from March 16, 2018, to January 16, 2023, to eliminate potential safety hazards caused by software problems.

Some 246,229 of Nio's ES8, ES6, and EC6 models will be recalled, the State Administration for Market Regulation announced yesterday. The autos have software issues that may cause the dashboard and central control screen to black out for a short period under certain conditions.

During the blackout, the vehicles will be unable to provide drivers with speed, fault alerts, adefrosting and defogging functions, and other information, posing safety risks, the SAMR said, adding that most of the cars can be fixed through remote software updates.

Nio will provide a free over-the-air software update to the affected vehicles, upgrading them to Aspen 3.5.6, Alder 2.1.0, or a newer version, which will resolve the issue, the Shanghai-based firm noted. Autos that have already received the update require no further action, it added.

For the few vehicles that have not received the update, Nio will contact the owners to implement the recall and eliminate the issue, the carmaker pointed out.

Nio had delivered 289,556 vehicles as of Dec. 31, 2022, including many high-end smart models, such as the ES8, the ES7, known as the EL7 in Europe, the ES6, the EC7, the EC6, the ET7, and the ET5. The recalled ES8, ES6, and EC6 autos only involved the first-generation platform.

Editor: Martin Kadiev