IT Home October 13th news, Tesla car has always performed very well in safety collision tests and has passed the test of well-known collision test institutions around the world. Data released by European testing institutions and Australian testing institutions last month showed that the Tesla model successfully passed the test with the highest score.
However, white hat hacker and Tesla software expert "Greentheonly" found something different from Tesla's code, indicating that Tesla is providing different software versions for testing in China, EU , and South Korea.
Then, the report sparked an investigation into Euro NCAP and provided the latest information to CNN.
Europe Aled Williams, director of Euro NCAP project, said there is no evidence that Tesla used code cheating in testing: the integrity of the
star rating scheme is crucial to Euro NCAP and we will continue to do our best to make sure the ratings reflect consumers’ expectations of safety for their vehicles. So far, the European NCAP investigation has found no evidence of Tesla's attempt to "deception" for the test.
The group reportedly checked the software updates of Tesla's test vehicles and finally found no problems. The biggest concern for users is the "geo-fence" of some features, such as Tesla set up in the FSD Beta project, but the agency said that this is not the case:
This is possible GPS positioning, which is used to identify whether the car is on a specific test track. This is one of the possibilities we have raised to Tesla, but they absolutely deny that.
As for why Tesla has appeared in its software for major security agencies, they responded that the software codes of Europe's NCAP and ANCAP are "only used to identify areas where the car is configured."
Aled Williams added:
Different regions (such as Europe, Oceania , etc.) have differences in legislation, road conditions/signs, etc. The recent addition of ANCAP to the code for Model Y coincided with the model being sold in Oceania.
Of course, this answer cannot satisfy everyone, but "Green God" also said that Japan also uses different road markings, and there is no such marking in the software of Euro NCAP and ANCAP, which indicates that Tesla has another method of area recognition in the software.
IT Home learned that Tesla often touts the safety of its vehicles, saying they are the safest ever. Although some people may doubt Musk's statement, data from global crash testing agencies have proved that Tesla's models are indeed very safe, especially the new Model 3 and Model Y. After all, it is impossible for all test agencies to make mistakes at the same time.
