Tesla has been frequently exposed to safety hazards since its inception, and now it has not stopped for several months, and it has recently been exposed to cause traffic accidents. Recently, there was a traffic accident caused by Tesla in Yangzhou, which caused the driver Mr. Chen to die on the spot, and his wife, Ms. Jiang, was in the process of rescue, and the situation was also very unoptimistic. The accident has pushed Tesla to the cusp of public opinion again, but Musk's response has disappointed many consumers and even filled with anger.
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From the monitoring, we can more intuitively see the general process of the accident, when the accident vehicle was turning right to drive on the bridge, from the monitoring screen we can see that the car had obvious deceleration action at that time, which shows that Mr. Chen must have stepped on the brakes to reduce the speed. However, the follow-up vehicle suddenly lost control, first suddenly accelerated forward, then suddenly turned sharply to the right, and finally the vehicle broke through the bridge guardrail and fell into the river.
The accident is unbelievable, there are too many details in the accident to explain, why does the car suddenly accelerate when turning? Why does the car suddenly get out of control and turn quickly? Many people think that this may be caused by Tesla's failure, because the traffic accidents caused by Tesla have not been in the minority, this time Tesla has another traffic accident, it is difficult not to suspect that Tesla's failure led to the occurrence of accidents.
However, in the face of netizens' questions, Musk's attitude is unusually calm, and before the police investigation results have come out, he has publicly stated that this is just an ordinary traffic accident and there is no problem with Tesla's quality problems.
For Musk's response, domestic netizens are certainly not acceptable, many people think that Musk is blindly confident, and some people think that Musk is deliberately shirking responsibility, no matter what purpose Musk is for, before the investigation results have come out, Musk is so determined to speak out, which is disrespectful to the life of the deceased.
Possible causes of accidents
Before the results of the police investigation came out, netizens also discussed the cause of the incident, and everyone gave their own views on the cause of the accident. Some people believe that the driver, Mr. Chen, may have turned on the automatic cruise function at that time, because Tesla had also appeared in the case of a car malfunctioning due to the automatic cruise function, which eventually caused a traffic accident. At that time, many car owners reported that if Tesla's automatic cruise system was turned on, it was very likely that the brakes would fail. In this yangzhou car accident, we can clearly see that in the process of the car running out of control to the bridge, the car did not experience deceleration or braking in the middle.
This situation is very illogical, generally speaking, if we find that the car is out of control, the first reaction must be to step on the brakes to reduce the speed, and Mr. Chen did not step on the brakes in this process, the only possibility is that Mr. Chen stepped on the brakes, but the brakes suddenly failed without any reaction.
Some people believe that the culprit of this accident is likely to be Tesla's "single pedal mode", which is a special mode of operation that Tesla has. In this mode, Tesla is able to control the speed of the vehicle through a single pedal. The larger the driver pedals, the faster the car will be, and as soon as the driver releases the pedal, the car will begin to accelerate until it brakes completely. This mode of operation was originally intended to help drivers perform more convenient operations, but in fact this function is often more likely to cause traffic accidents.
Because people panic when danger comes, drivers will subconsciously step on the brakes, and crazy pedaling in single-pedal mode will only make the car faster and faster, and the correct way is to release the pedal.
The error of operation is likely to cause the vehicle to lose control, which can explain why the speed of the car will suddenly get out of control faster and faster at that time, which is likely to be caused by Mr. Chen stepping on the pedal in the panic.
summary
Overall, there is a high probability that the accident was caused by a Tesla malfunction. In fact, until today, Tesla's safety problems have not been completely solved, which is very fatal for Tesla. Today, Tesla's sales have been greatly affected, because in the eyes of many people, Tesla is like a time bomb, and no one wants to give their life to a car with safety hazards.
If Tesla does not want to change its corporate image, one day Tesla will be eliminated by the market, because safety is the most important thing for a car, all advanced technology must be built on this basis to be attractive, and Tesla is currently sacrificing safety in order to pursue technology, this behavior itself is the inversion of the cart before the horse, is a very stupid behavior.
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