According to the surveillance camera recorded, the Tesla Model Y electric car suddenly launched like an uncontrollable missile on the road, killing 2 people and seriously injuring 3 others.
On November 5, in Guangdong (China), a Tesla electric car lost control and rushed at great speed, leading to a traffic collision with pedestrians, causing two deaths. The other three were seriously injured. The video recording this scene made everyone shiver.
The family of this Tesla owner said that when the driver was about to park the car on the side of the road, the car suddenly accelerated and sped away at a terrifying speed. According to the surveillance camera recorded, it can be seen that the driver tried to control the car to avoid causing an accident to other vehicles on the road. After that, it seemed that the driver could no longer control the car, so he crashed into a motorbike going in the same direction, causing the motorbike driver to be thrown into the air, then the car continued to smash a truck. small size. The car drove like a “crazy car” until it crashed into a nearby store. After that, the authorities determined that the consequences of a series of collisions were that a motorbike rider and a high school girl died on the spot, three other people were seriously injured and were taken to the emergency room.
The Tesla owner’s family believes that the cause of the incident is a faulty vehicle software that leads to a loss of speed control, which causes such unfortunate consequences. In addition, the brake pedal of the car also has a problem that makes the driver unable to pedal to stop. However, soon after, the Tesla representative quickly denied the user’s allegation. The car company of billionaire Elon Musk has pledged to cooperate with the police investigation to find out the cause of the accident.
China is Tesla’s second-largest market and this is also the first time the automaker has encountered a scandal in this market of billions of people. Before that, the company’s brake system has become a controversial issue many times. Last year, a Tesla owner even went to the company’s booth at the auto show in Shanghai to make a fuss because the company “ignored” her complaints about the brakes on the Tesla electric car she had bought. However, Tesla confirmed that it was due to the user driving the vehicle over the allowed speed and promised to resolve the complaint.
Currently, the cause of the incident is still being coordinated by the Chinese police to investigate. Tesla’s side said that the brake light did not light up when the car accelerated, indicating that there was no effect on the brakes when the incident took place. The largest car company in the US has pledged to cooperate with the police to investigate.
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