Recently, a Tesla owner broke the news in the car friend group that his Tesla Model 3 automatically accelerated to 170 miles on the highway without any warning (the uncle believes that this is the owner's clerical error, the unit should be km/h, 170 miles (mph) = 273.59km/h), there is no reaction to the brakes, and it stops after hitting four cars in a row, glad that he "picked up a life".
Judging from the videos circulating on the Internet, this Tesla Model 3 was originally driving at normal speed in the rightmost lane, suddenly began to accelerate when changing to the leftmost lane, and rear-ended the normally running tank 300, the tank 300 was hit aside, and the hood of the Tesla Model 3 was lifted and blindly opened for a distance, and crashed multiple vehicles before stopping.
For the accident, Tesla responded that the owner was contacted for the first time on the day of the incident and learned the details, through multi-party comparison and analysis, and communicated with the owner himself to verify that the incident was caused by the driver accidentally stepping on the accelerator pedal, and has now assisted the owner in the vehicle insurance claim process under the approval of the owner.
Uncle Che believes that there are two doubts about this incident. First of all, the owner of the car claims to be a thirty-year-old driver, since the driving age is so long, then when the vehicle suddenly accelerates, the first reaction must be to step on the accelerator pedal, and will brake immediately, this is muscle memory, and even do not need to react time, so the possibility of accidentally stepping on the accelerator pedal is very small; second, the owner repeatedly emphasizes on the social platform that the vehicle automatically accelerates, if it is really a mistake to step on the accelerator pedal, then whether intentionally or unintentionally, in fact, it violates Tesla's right to reputation. According to the temper of Tesla's legal department, it is certain to sue, but the two sides have reconciled with each other in a very short period of time, which is very puzzling.
The above is just Uncle Che's speculation, what do you think about this? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.