Just as the so-called people are afraid of being famous pigs are afraid of strong, just after the New Year, tesla, the popular fried chicken in the new energy automobile market, has an accident.
Only this time, no one needs to climb on the roof of the car again, and there is no need to send milk tea.
On February 3, local time in the United States, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued an announcement that Tesla is conducting safety recalls for more than 817,000 vehicles because of problems with the seat belt tips of the relevant batches of vehicles.
817,000 units, equivalent to more than 87% of its full-year 2021 sales.
Official information shows that the reason for Tesla's recall is due to software problems, when the vehicle starts and the driver does not wear a seat belt, the buzzer will not be able to start, and then the ringtone prompt cannot be performed.
It should be said that this is not too much of a problem.
In 2021, Volvo carried out the largest recall in the history of the brand because of the hidden danger of the seat belt.
Moreover, Tesla officials said that before this recall, there were no known casualties due to seat belt problems.
But the downside to this is that it has created so much noise that it has obscured some of Tesla's other recent problems.
And these problems are what consumers should really pay attention to.
What should really be paid attention to is not this recall
Recalls because of seat belt hazards are more common in the automotive industry, and many luxury cars have had similar incidents.
In recent times, it is not the first time that Tesla has carried out a recall due to quality hazards.
In early December 2021, Tesla recalled 21,600 vehicles in China due to some Model Y knuckle quality issues.
At the end of December 2021, Tesla recalled 19,700 imported Model S, 35,800 imported Model 3 and 144,200 domestic Model 3 in China due to problems such as trunk cover.
But what really should be paid attention to is a recall in the United States.
At the end of January 2022, at the request of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Tesla announced a recall of all vehicles with "fully autonomous driving" capabilities, a total of 53,822 vehicles, due to the "rolling parking" feature included in it.
Tesla is a pioneer in the electric vehicle industry, and it is also a trick to toss various new terms.
This so-called "rolling stop" refers to the fact that Tesla vehicles can pass through intersections with two-way stop signs at speeds of up to 5.6 miles per hour.
In the eyes of U.S. regulators, this speed is not fast, but there is still a risk of collision. Translating, it is still the same problem, it is possible to "stop".
In addition, Tesla has recently fallen into another whirlpool.
According to foreign media sources, complaints about Tesla's "phantom brake" have recently risen sharply in the United States, forcing the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to open an investigation into Tesla.
Phantom braking, which sounds very sci-fi, do not know that Tesla has engaged in what black technology, but the so-called phantom braking, refers to Tesla's vehicles will be due to misjudgment and sharp braking.
To put it bluntly, it brakes when it shouldn't.
The reason why the problem of phantom braking will cause an uproar in the United States is that Tesla just decided to deactivate the radar sensor in the vehicle some time ago, but only equipped with a camera, completely turning to the "visual system".
In the case of radar, it is possible to make a mistake in judgment, not to mention the use of no radar and only the use of cameras.
For example, if Tesla's camera captures a large car in front of it, it is possible to brake urgently, but what if the "car" is a model, or a huge advertising picture? Phantom braking, which is a more pleasant saying, some media simply call it: phantom brake.
Of course, compared with the sudden appearance of a "ghost bus" on the Tesla central control screen and the sudden detection of a "ghost" when passing through the cemetery, these are not too exaggerated.
But these things prove at least one thing, and that is that all self-driving cars, including Tesla, are unreliable at this stage.
Why do you have to "drive yourself"?
At present, Tesla still calls its own driving assistance function the so-called "full automatic driving", and domestic manufacturers have no longer used the term of automatic driving, especially last year, after the death of Weilai car owners due to automatic driving, they were much more cautious.
But the so-called self-driving propaganda of automakers continues, and it seems that without this thing, it is not worthy of being called an electric car.
However, consumers should ask: Why do we have to drive autonomously?
Countries around the world develop electric vehicles, some for environmental protection, energy saving, emission reduction, some to suppress competitors, and some to save energy, but no country has ever developed electric vehicles with the original intention of "lying down and driving".
All artificial intelligence currently has a surprising gap with the human brain.
In the present, when to accelerate, when to accelerate, when to stop, this kind of thing should not be left to the computer to judge.
A normal person with no PROBLEMs with IQ and eyes, why should he let go of his hands and feet to drive as advertised by car companies?
Some people may say that all kinds of intelligent equipment such as drones, but do not forget that the development of unmanned equipment is precisely to ensure the safety of people.
Man is the most precious, and the reason why the unmanned fighter is popular with all countries is precisely because it does not need a pilot, and even if it is shot down, it is only a loss of machines.
Even what cameras are being used are arguing, even the dual-redundant system is difficult to popularize, such a "smart" car, how dare to promote on a large scale?
The so-called automatic driving is not just needed by the new energy automobile industry, it is just a gimmick created by Teslas to defeat traditional fuel vehicles.
All products that take human life as a test product should be spurned.
Conclusion: Automatic driving has attracted too much attention and wasted too many resources, in fact, car companies should focus on power batteries, safety systems, comfort and other aspects. Since electric vehicles are already the trend of the times, don't use the so-called self-driving systems that are far from mature to discredit the industry.