Chinese EV Maextro V800 brake pedal snaps three times in testing

Three Maextro V800 vans built by JAC Group and Huawei suffered brake pedal fractures during 60-to-0-mph braking tests on ByteDance-owned Dongchedi. The automaker pledged free replacements but called the failures a result of "non-standard, extreme test conditions."

• Three V800 vans snapped pedals on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th braking runs
• Tests were run by Dongchedi, a car platform owned by ByteDance
• Causes cited: long pedal, weak support and insufficient material strength
• Maextro offers free part replacement, denies failures in customer cars