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‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by bytesonbike@discuss.online to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The car came to rest more than 70 metres away, on the opposite side of the road, leaving a trail of wreckage. According to witnesses, the Model S burst into flames while still airborne. Several passersby tried to open the doors and rescue the driver, but they couldn’t unlock the car. When they heard explosions and saw flames through the windows, they retreated. Even the firefighters, who arrived 20 minutes later, could do nothing but watch the Tesla burn.

At that moment, Rita Meier was unaware of the crash. She tried calling her husband, but he didn’t pick up. When he still hadn’t returned her call hours later – highly unusual for this devoted father – she attempted to track his car using Tesla’s app. It no longer worked. By the time police officers rang her doorbell late that night, Meier was already bracing for the worst.

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[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Tesla’s garbage quality is sadly hurting the entire EV and self driving industry. Self driving cars will always have accidents. But a good self driving company will use every single accident to ensure that never happens again with their system. Humans can make the same error over and over but once self driving has been around a while, the rates of sef driving caused accidents will reduce more and more every year.

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[–] peteyestee@feddit.org -2 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe take the baby out so it slows down?

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Several passersby tried to open the doors and rescue the driver, but they couldn’t unlock the car.

Even the firefighters, who arrived 20 minutes later, could do nothing but watch the Tesla burn.

Did no one think to break open the windows?

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[–] psud@aussie.zone -5 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

At 3.18pm on 10 May 2018, Stefan Meier lost control of his Model S on the A2 highway near the Monte Ceneri tunnel. Travelling at about 100kmh (62mph), he ploughed through several warning markers and traffic signs before crashing into a slanted guardrail. “The collision with the guardrail launches the vehicle into the air, where it flips several times before landing,” investigators would write later.

The driver crashed, it doesn't sound like it was in self driving mode.

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