gradually climbed to the world's highest car company from mass production to market value, and there seems to be no word "calm" in Tesla's dictionary.
June 16, in , Nanchang, Jiangxi, a Tesla Model 3 suddenly accelerated to 127km/h during driving, unable to control the vehicle speed, and the brake failed, resulting in a final collision and a fire. Fires were pouring into the sky, thick smoke was rolling, and the whole vehicle was seriously scrapped.
At present, Tesla official has responded to the matter, saying that the government department has intervened in the investigation and suggested that the government department make a judgment based on the conclusions made by the vehicle data.
automatically accelerates, brake is invalid
First look at the reason for this event. A local media interviewed Mr. Chen, the person involved in the incident, and he told this that at 1 pm on June 16, he drove his son to school, and then as usual, he drove home through Ganjiang South Avenue in Honggutan New District. When he passed by near the National Sports Center of Nanchang City, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. "I noticed that the maximum speed on the display screen had reached 127km/h."
It is understood that this car was purchased in March 2019 because Tesla can set the maximum speed limit, and the maximum speed limit he set is exactly 127km/h. It is conceivable that if the person involved sets the speed limit higher, the car may be faster.
After several deep brakes were put on the brakes, the person involved had no choice but to run through the traffic lights and dodge the vehicles and crowds on the road. It was not until it hit the pile of soil and turned to the grass next to the road before the car stopped. "The car was smoking and the windshield was broken, so I climbed out." The person involved also said that his forehead was bleeding and his abdomen was severely hurt. Afterwards, passers-by surrounded him, and about ten minutes later, the vehicle burned.
Tesla has given an official reply to the incident: "Tesla has handled this matter as soon as possible, and the government has also intervened in the investigation. Similar operations of Tesla's cars have data records. According to Tesla's vehicle design principles, the possibility of a vehicle that fails to brake is very small. It is recommended that the government departments make a judgment based on the conclusions made by the vehicle data."
accidents occur frequently, and Tesla blames the owner
In fact, it is not uncommon for "accidental acceleration" and "brake failure" on Tesla models.
As early as 2016, after the Tesla Model X model was launched, the first model that hit the world was caused by automatic acceleration.
His car owner also said at the time: "We bought the Tesla X for 5 days and suddenly accelerated automatically without warning when entering the parking space. Because the car was very fast, the car drove onto a 39-foot flower bed and smashed a building."
In July 2019, a Tesla owner revealed that because Anhui drove the Tesla Model X to Guangzhou due to the fact that he was driving the Tesla Model X to Guangzhou. When passing through the Poly Crown Hotel in Nanchang, he looked for super-rush piles in the underground garage. The car suddenly lost control and accelerated, the direction was locked, the brake failed, and directly hit the wall.
frequent accidental acceleration accidents have also attracted the attention of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The author learned that in January this year, NHTSA will begin to evaluate a petition that requires NHTSA to conduct a formal investigation into the report of the sudden unexpected acceleration of Tesla electric vehicle and ask Tesla to recall 500,000 vehicles with hidden dangers.
NHTSA said the petition covers models such as the Tesla Model S from 2012 to 2019, the Model X from 2016 to 2019, and the Model 3 from 2018 to 2019. It says that "Tesla cars accelerate unexpectedly far faster than other cars on the road."
The petition quotes "127 complaints submitted by consumers to NHTSA, involving 123 Tesla cars. The report includes 110 crashes, resulting in a total of 52 injuries."
In fact, it doesn't matter no matter how others look at it. At worst, it's not important to buy it. What's important is how Tesla itself views this similar incident. Should we take the initiative or turn it over?
In January this year, in an official statement, Tesla said the petition was completely wrong and initiated by a person who shorted the company's shares.After investigating all car owners complaining about the vehicle's "accidental acceleration", Tesla confirmed that the vehicle's performance matches the design requirements and will only accelerate if the driver issues an acceleration command.
Tesla pointed out that accidents caused by stepping on the accelerator as the brake have occurred in every model. Tesla has also carried out special treatment in the design of the sensor. The superimposed autonomous driving system can better intervene and reduce the consequences caused by drivers' misoperation. The company has been frankly sharing information with NHTSA and will periodically review the "unexpected acceleration" reports submitted by car owners. Judging from the communication between the company and NHTSA in the past few years, the vehicle data in every "unexpected acceleration" complaint shows that the car's function is normal.
is very clear about the meaning. I have no problem with the technology of Tesla products. If you want to blame, you can only blame your driver for misoperation.
summary
In fact, Tesla has been plagued by "negative" in China recently, and the chip reduction and the upgraded version of the domestic Model 3 standard battery life are all vividly remembered. But in my opinion, all these are forgiven, after all, they do not involve personal safety. However, in recent years, frequent automatic acceleration and brake failure incidents have never been resolved.
Nowadays, similar automatic speed-up and brake failures have occurred again. I hope it will be left alone in the end and can obtain an open and transparent processing result. At the same time, every Tesla owner or even electric car owner should be vigilant about the problem of collision and fire.
