Recently, Shanghai Jiamin Elevated North to South near the Yindu exit of a 4-car rear-end traffic accident, from the scene photos, the first two cars damaged is relatively light, it is suspected that the last Tesla Model3 due to the front car BYD Pro sudden braking and too late to react, Tesla directly shoveled the front BYD from the rear, and the two vehicles in front, the incident was at the time of rush hour, so that the right side of the road two lanes are affected.
In a WeChat group conversation obtained by the auto industry's attention, the suspected Tesla owner shared some pictures, videos and details about the accident. The owner said that at that time, he used the Tesla automatic driving assist system Autopilot, the speed was about 80km/h, the car was set to 1, and the front collision warning function of the vehicle was also turned on. Judging from the photos of the accident scene, Tesla lifted BYD from the rear of this point of view, one is that the rear of BYD Pro is too high, and the other is that as tesla owners said, the driver has vigorously stepped on the brakes during the driving process of the vehicle, and the vehicle has leaned forward instantaneously, these two reasons have made Tesla find the opportunity to drill into the front car, and the two direct collision vehicles, the air bags have not popped out, then the collision surface of the two has not produced enough force to trigger the airbag to pop out.
In the final analysis, the accident was caused by Tesla's over-sticking with the car, although the owner set such a small setting to 1, but also adopted the emergency brake disposal method, reducing some of the speed impact, so that there is no consequence of injury to the person. Tesla's distance function with the car distance can be set Oh 1-7, the vehicle will be based on the current speed and the front car to maintain a braking distance of 1-7 seconds, theoretically when the vehicle stops, the current vehicle and the front car will maintain a distance of about one parking space, of course, this is only theory, just as this accident is so, if the front car suddenly brakes, then this theory calculation in the face of the accident does not have much meaning.
On January 17, Tesla shareholder Ross Gable tweeted, "Since the launch of the fully automated driving (FSD) beta version for a year, there has never been a traffic accident in the vehicles participating in the test, which fully proves the professional caution of the driver and, more importantly, shows that the FSD system is completely safe." Tesla CEO Musk then retweeted the passage and affirmed the assessment: Really, really.
Tesla's auto-assisted driving system, the Autopilot system, is currently Tesla's standard configuration, and only provides assisted driving with limited automatic steering, acceleration and braking in the lane under the condition of active driver monitoring. The FSD name is full autopilot, Tesla from 2020 to the United States car owners to provide this fee software service, FSD initially sold in the United States $5,000, after several price adjustments, has gradually risen to the current $8,000, you can also use monthly subscription to rent this service, is one of Tesla's charging growth points, compared with Autopilot, FSD has more powerful autopilot features.
Tesla almost defines the ceiling of electric vehicles, and autonomous driving can be said to be the soul of electric vehicles, which is also one of the selling points that attract many Tesla supporters. People are eager to get smarter and safer intelligent driving systems, musk said in a recent interview that FSD has the hope of achieving L4 level autonomous driving by the end of this year. Tesla uses a rapid iterative upgrade to develop and upgrade this system, but in the latest version, Musk is not very satisfied with its performance, Tesla also pointed out that FSD 10.2 still has serious safety problems, and car owners should not rely entirely on FSD for driving. These serious safety issues include, complex intersections directly driving to the opposite lane reverse, the lack of close-range passers-by identification of the driving route, the sudden withdrawal of FSD during driving, and the sudden change of driving route at key moments. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been paying attention to Tesla's FSD features since 2019, especially for some publicity that seems to imply L4 level, FSD, then the potential risks of Autopilot can also be imagined.
A few days ago, a Tesla owner in California was formally indicted on two counts of driving homicide for a car accident caused by 2019. The U.S. Highway Safety Administration NHTSA investigation said that the owner of the car used Autopilot and caused an accident at the time of the incident, the vehicle ran a red light and crashed into another moving vehicle, resulting in the death of 2 people in the crashed vehicle, making the owner the first Tesla Autopilot user in the United States to be prosecuted for a felony. NHTSA particularly emphasized, "Once again, all car owners are reminded that none of the current commercially available vehicles can drive themselves autonomously, and whether or not the Level 2 assisted driving function is activated, owners must be in control and keep their attention at all times." ”
Ideal Car CEO Li Xiang once said that L2, L3 and other terms, users can not understand, suggest a unified name: L2 = assisted driving; L3 = automatic assisted driving; L4 = automatic driving; L5 = driverless, a redundant Chinese word should not be. He also suggested avoiding exaggerated publicity that would cause misunderstandings about user use.
In fact, some users of electric vehicles have become accustomed to using these different degrees of auxiliary driving functions in daily driving, and have relaxed their vigilance against some potential risks, technology can of course bring convenience to people to a large extent, and when people are accustomed to the convenience of technology, the risk of cold and cold may be a probability for the group, and in case it falls on individuals, sometimes it may be irreparable. And this owner of the car in Shanghai today may also be in awe of today's accident and keep driving carefully.
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