Tesla brakes are failing again!
On April 23, the news that a female owner drove a Tesla Model 3 to crash four cars in a row burst the circle of friends. According to the owner of the car, when there was still a kilometer to go down the highway that day, his Tesla automatically accelerated to 170 miles without any warning, so he began to step on the brakes, but there was no reaction, after hitting four cars in a row, the airbag opened, the car stopped, and he was glad that he had "died nine times and picked up a life."
The results of the incident were expected, and Tesla quickly responded to the incident, saying 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.
Female drivers account for a high proportion of Tesla traffic accidents
Is the driver's accidental acceleration pedal still a "familiar recipe"?
With this incident, Car Life sorted out some traffic accidents that have occurred at Tesla since 2021 (statistics are incomplete):
Case 1:
In March this year, Ms. Lin, the owner of the Nanjing Tesla Model 3, had a crash in her garage, she said that she was walking with the brakes, but in the case of not stepping on the accelerator, tesla speed did not drop, or even improved, repeatedly stepped on the brakes, but the car was not controlled, and finally directly hit the wall, resulting in bruises on her arm and bruises in many joints.
Case 2:
At the beginning of this year, when a woman in Kaifeng City was driving a Tesla, she actually staged a "drag race in the air" directly, driving the car to the opposite side of the river channel that was several meters wide. The woman said that the speed of the car suddenly soared to more than a hundred yards.
Case 3:
In May 2021, Ms. Cong of Hangzhou called the mayor publicly to complain about Tesla, and she said that her Model 3 had been open for more than a year, and the automatic acceleration appeared six or seven times. Because she usually drives in the city, the speed is not fast, sometimes at 20-30 km / h when the sudden acceleration, she can still control, so far there has been no accident.
Case 4:
In May 2021, Ms. Luo of Hangzhou drove the Tesla Model3 back to the residential garage, and at the entrance of the garage that should have turned right, Ms. Luo said that suddenly the Model3 brake could not be stepped on, and finally the car directly hit the wall.
Case 5:
In May 2021, Ms. Li, a citizen of Changsha, bought a new Model 3, and after 20 days of driving, there was a situation where the flower screen and the vehicle could not start. It is understood that Ms. Li confirmed that the door was completely closed at that time, but the car's central control screen has always shown that the door is not closed, resulting in the vehicle can not start.
Case 6:
In April 2021, during the Shanghai International Auto Show, Henan Che advocated that the woman stood on the roof of the Tesla car and accused the Tesla Model 3 of failing to brake, causing a traffic accident, and the family of four almost died. After ms. Zhang and Tesla PK multiple rounds, there is still no substantive result.
From the above cases, we found an interesting phenomenon: in many Tesla accidents, female drivers accounted for the vast majority, female drivers encountered "Tesla brake failure" seems to have become a common occurrence.
In 2021, Tao Lin, tesla's global vice president, said in an interview with the media that Tesla's recent negatives are all contributed by female car owners. This remark really makes people feel meaningful.
Why can Tesla let female drivers "carry the pot"?
Since the launch of the Tesla brand, its stylish exterior design, advanced design concept, advanced intelligent technology, and minimalist style have attracted the attention of countless women. Each other, Tesla is still a new thing for everyone. When it comes to tasting and chasing fashion, women are naturally more sensitive than men.
Therefore, in tesla's initial batch of users, women are absolutely indispensable.
Some platforms have released data showing that in the four main pure electric vehicle brands of Tesla, Weilai, Xiaopeng and Ideal, the proportion of female car owners is the highest tesla, which is 31.7%, followed by Xiaopeng with 31.2%, followed by Weilai, which is 30%, and the fourth ideal, which is 21.8%. Compared with other electric vehicle brands, the "nose master" Tesla user base of global electric intelligent cars is several times more, the number of users is more, and the proportion of women is high, so the probability of female drivers who naturally encounter accidents is greater.
For the female driver group, the Internet has been filled with some unfriendly remarks, such as calling female drivers "female devils", "road killers", etc., coupled with the amplification effect of the media, which naturally forms the view that female drivers' driving skills are not good.
In fact, there is an element of exaggeration on the Internet. In terms of driving, women and men do have some differences in physiology, psychology, and habits. For example, female drivers' perception of space, distance, and speed is usually weaker than that of male drivers, and women are more likely to panic and react weakly than men in the face of unexpected situations. In addition, some women also pay less attention to driving habits, such as wearing high heels to drive, not having good braking habits, and driving like to play mobile phones. Therefore, in the face of unexpected situations, the probability of female car owners misoperation is relatively greater.
It is worth mentioning that there are still many differences between electric vehicles such as Tesla and traditional cars, such as the "single pedal mode" used by Tesla, although there are also brakes and accelerators. But in general, you only need to control the accelerator pedal, step on it is to accelerate, release it will brake, and the brake pedal next to it will be used in the case of emergency braking. This "single-pedal mode" is indeed different from the "dual-pedal mode" that we are familiar with, and drivers, especially female drivers, encounter unexpected situations and have a high probability of misoperation.
From the above point of view, Tesla accidents, especially when female drivers have accidents, looking for female drivers to "carry the pot" seems to be able to find a lot of "rationality" for themselves to prevaricate the public.
Friends who want to buy electric vehicles, especially women, must pay attention to the fact that "driving for decades" is not equal to "driving electric vehicles for decades", and it is not equal to "driving Tesla for decades", and must be carefully chosen.
Musk is Tesla's biggest salesman
Interestingly, even if Tesla has accidents every year, or even monthly accidents, even if Tesla is "famous", it does not affect its sales, and even the phenomenon of the public "scolding while buying".
In the past Three months, under the triple background of the impact of the epidemic, chip shortage and multiple price increases, Tesla is still the benchmark of smart electric vehicles, with wholesale sales of 65,814 units in March, an increase of 85% year-on-year; in the first quarter of 2022, Tesla's cumulative sales exceeded 180,000 vehicles, reaching 182174.
Among them, Tesla Model Y sales in March were close to 40,000 vehicles, an increase of 114% month-on-month and a year-on-year increase of 291.4%. From January to March, the cumulative sales volume reached 74,681 units, an increase of 354.8% year-on-year, ranking first in the list of new energy SUVs.
Why is this happening? The reason behind this, Musk is indispensable. As the world's greatest salesman, Musk has made up countless stories for Tesla, and single-handedly supported all of Tesla's marketing. It can be said that as long as Musk is there, Tesla will not worry about selling.
But as a consumer, you should not pay for feelings or stories, but should look at Tesla rationally.
Note: The above pictures come from the Internet