A brand-new Tesla Model X might have driven itself into a building
Say what you will about the smart features of Tesla cars, but it’s clear that either some people don’t understand how they’re supposed to work, or the software is not to be trusted. Mind you, self-driving cars aren’t legal yet, which is why Tesla’s driverless car features are still in beta. This is the reason why.
A new Tesla accident is being blamed on the car's smarts going wrong. This time around, a Model X accelerated into a building while the owner was parking it. Driverless cars gone rogue, or the owner struggling with left pedal vs right pedal?
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“Our 5 day old Tesla X today while entering a parking stall suddenly and unexpectedly accelerated at high speed on its own climbing over 39 feet of planters and crashing into a building,” Puzant Ozbag wrote on the Tesla forum over the weekend.
“The airbags deployed and my wife's arms have burn marks as a consequence,” he continued. “This could have easily been a fatal accident if the car's wheels were not turned slightly to the left. If they were straight, it would have gone over the planters and crashed into the store in front of the parking stall and injured or killed the patrons.”
“The acceleration was uncontrollable, seemed maximum, and the car only stopped because it hit the building and caused massive damage to the building.”
He later added that “the car was being driven and slowly being parked when it uncontrollably accelerated.”
Tesla keeps detailed logs of each car that can be valuable in such incidents, as a recent accident revealed, so it’s likely the company will be able to explain what went wrong. It’s unclear at this time what caused the accident, and whether it was human error. The driver clearly believes that the car misbehaved. Either way, Tesla should explain these types of accidents when they occur. Otherwise, it’ll have a huge problem on its hands.
More images showing the crash below.
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