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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)
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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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[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

News of malfunctioning Tesla cars and Musk going crazy are still not enough to crash Tesla stocks to zero. Which I am hoping will happen not just to inflict sorrow on Musk and his wealth, but so that I could hedge against the stock 😂

[-] vegeta@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

the truth? Because Elon is the CEO errrr Teknoking.

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

supercars...

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

Wait, I might know the answer. Is it because they don't use LIDAR and they're made by a company headed by some piece of shit who likes to cut costs? Haha, I was just guessing, but ok.

[-] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

It sounds like it tracked who drives and who was into the car to decide if they were worth crashing.

You know, to maximize the most evil to the world.

[-] peteyestee@feddit.org -1 points 1 week ago

Maybe take the baby out so it slows down?

[-] psud@aussie.zone -2 points 1 week ago

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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