News reports like to suggest that Tesla automobiles are prone to battery fires but often fail to focus on what’s important — people tend to walk away from violent collisions when they are riding in a Tesla.
Let’s say you are driving down the highway at 80 mph when a stopped vehicle suddenly appears in your lane. What do you do?
This short, silent dashcam video shows the Tesla Autopilot system protecting a Model X from being hit by a very large tractor-trailer at night with some light rainfall. The setting is I-95 South in North Carolina. It was published April 24, 2018, from the account Jeremy Visnesky. He wrote, “Had Autopilot not have bolted to the side I’m pretty sure he would have hit me.” As of the writing of this article, the video has about 212,000 views.
The NTSB has issued a preliminary report about the fatal crash of a Tesla Model X in California earlier this year. Its final report may not be completed until a year or more from now.
Yet another Tesla has crashed into a stationary emergency vehicle. Is Autopilot or the nut behind the wheel to blame?
The NTSB is sending a team to investigate how first responders handled an electric car battery fire following the crash of a Tesla Model S in Florida that killed two teenagers.
Tesla has released more details about the fatal accident that killed the driver of a Model X on a California highway recently. It says Autopilot was engaged at the time.
The Tesla Model S was designed to be the safest car in its segment, going by comments made by company execs including CEO Elon Musk. Its NHTSA crash test ratings were the highest in history — with 5 stars in every single category and a combined score of 5.4 (unofficial since official scores don’t go above 5). Going by its performance in the real world to date, the goal and the rating seem to have lived up to the hype.
Editor’s Note: I bolded some particularly important lines that I think US regulators should act on. This week saw the sad reporting of the first fatality while Tesla’s Autopilot was engaged. There is a lot of speculation and opinion being touted. It’s worth spelling out the timeline and facts. May 7, 2016 A … [continued]
A Tesla Model S unfortunately caused a power disruption in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, this week. The power blackout lasted a few hours. As you can see in the image below, the power blackout was caused by the Tesla Model S crashing into a power transmission pole, tearing down the wires. I imagein … [continued]
