A Tesla in China was caught on video killing two people and wounding three more due to an apparent brake malfunction — and the firm is now working with Chinese authorities to determine out what exactly went wrong.
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Tesla has officially said that it is cooperating with police in the Guangdong province to investigate the accident, which occurred earlier in November. According to accounts, the out-of-control motorist murdered an adolescent girl and a biker. The Model Y was seen rushing through the streets of Chaozhou, jerking past multiple automobiles and motorbikes before smashing into a bicycle and careening into a building, as horrifying CCTV footage of the tragedy shows.
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“Police are presently looking for a third-party appraisal agency to determine the facts behind this accident,” Tesla stated.
According to another news outlet, a family member of the unnamed man claimed he was having brake problems with the Model Y — a claim complicated by Tesla’s own assertion that the vehicle log did not show that the brake was applied and that the accelerator was pressed for the majority of the incident.
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This isn’t Tesla’s first brush with claimed brake and accelerator problems; in January 2020, the firm issued a blog post assuring consumers that “there is no ‘unintended acceleration’ in Tesla vehicles.”
Although it’s too soon to know if the mishap was caused by a human error or a technological one, it’s not good for the company’s reputation.
Reference- Electrek, Reuters, Jimu News, Inside EVs, Auto Blog