Tesla crashes into river, owner claims it accelerated on its own

Electrek ^ | 10 Mar 2019 | Fred Lambert

[DUMBGRUNT]

“When the reporter rushed to the scene in Qingpu District, the owner Xiao Chen had just been rescued ashore, and the gray Tesla was still lying in the river and was soaked in the water. Xiao Chen is still in shock, he told reporters: I was from the beginning stepping on the brakes, and the car suddenly rushed out of control! It turned out that Xiao Chen and his wife drove the car to school in the morning of the incident. After the delivery, they came to the Tesla Supercharger station to prepare for charging. According to Xiao Chen, he kept driving very slowly, stepping on the brakes, but when he got there, the car was out of control.

[DUMBGRUNT]

I trust NOTHING out of China.

The accelerator pedals in Tesla vehicles have two redundant sensors that clearly show us when the pedal is physically pressed down, such as by the driver’s foot.

https://disq.us/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.autosafety.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F03%2FTeslas-Sudden-Acceleration-Log-Data-What-It-Shows.pdf%3A9IyqmbBq3l-kcsJ2GO1hWU8_bCU&cuid=4193136

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I don’t trust anything out of Tesla either. It’s a wash.

[allendale]

Tesla is the premiere cult stock for the wealthy Left. It will take much more than a crash in China to alienate the true believers.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I always wonder how Chinese fighter pilots deal with the fact that their planes are made completely in China. Would scare the stuffing out of me. Maybe they take comfort in the idea that once they meet their commitment, they’ll either be flying Boeing or at least Airbus planes.

[Larry Lucido]

JACK: What took you so long?

JERRY: I live in New York. (slams the cab door) What the The cab drives away.

JACK: This thing is a, is a behemoth.

JERRY: What did you do?

JACK: I was, I was making a, a simple lane change. I, I put on the blinker and it took off on me. And the next thing you know, I was submerged. I'm telling you, Jerry, I'm very lucky that those crocs didn't get me.

Jerry opens the door of the Cadillac and a torrent of muddy water containing a couple of catfish spills out over his feet.

JERRY: (exasperation) You are such an idiot. Well, we gotta get the car cleaned up for my parents.

JACK: (shrugging) Do whatever you want. It's your car.

JERRY: My car? You drove it into the swamp!

JACK: It drove itself into the swamp! Besides, I think I lost my pen, too.

JERRY: (smiling with pleasure) You know, that almost makes this all worthwhile.

[Larry Lucido]

#5

[butlerweave]

A Tesla can tell what you had for Lunch so watch out ,LOL

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I think insolvency will solve that next quarter.

[Moonman62]

Why are they standing on the car when they are right next to shore?

[nascarnation]

Quality in China is highly variable.
But there are organizations in China that make high quality stuff.
It really comes down to the management.

[Moonman62]

From the same publication:

Several Tesla owners claim Model X accelerated/crashed on its own but everything points to user error

https://electrek.co/2016/09/30/tesla-model-x-owners-claim-crash-sudden-acceleration/

[DUMBGRUNT]

I always wonder how Chinese fighter pilots deal with the fact that their planes are made completely in China.

No worries, they are learning from the masters.
And the Chinese are exceptional students.

Boeing to Open Its First 737 Plant in China Under Shadow of a Trade War

Airbus has been assembling its narrow-body A320s in China for about a decade, recently expanding its Tianjin campus to include a completion and delivery center for its wide-body A330s

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-13/boeing-s-first-china-737-plant-to-open-in-shadow-of-trade-war

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

What a lot of people don’t realize or acknowledge about Tesla is the Business Model. Every owner is a salesman, or marketer.

4 or 5 referrals and you almost enough credits for a car.

One referral gets you a year of free SuperCharger access.

That’s why this stuff comes out of the woodwork.

[bigbob]

He was listening to “Take Me To The River” and the car just got confused, is all.

[Dilbert San Diego]

It sounds like a type of pyramid scheme.

[BobL]

Did they get any type of report on the Tesla accident last weekend that decapitated the guy in Florida?

[nascarnation]

Makes a great pic, doesn’t it?
Now they’re famous worldwide.

[VTenigma]

Tesla crashes into river, owner claims it accelerated on its own

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I hate when that happens.

[DUMBGRUNT]

When Honda(?) had a top-selling car in China, a possible software error discovered by a consumer magazine, sales down big time.
Apple had similar problems.

Tesla stores in China are reportedly seeing a tsunami of Model 3 orders 19 Feb
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-orders-china/

Tesla Model 3 import clearance in China is reportedly suspended by customs 5 March

https://electrek.co/2019/03/05/tesla-model-3-import-clearance-halted-china/

And now the world famous UNCONTROLLABLE ACCELERATION.

Oh! Look!
Tesla’s Gigafactory in China, the company’s first outside of the United States.Soon to open.
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-gigafactory-3-china-completion-update-shanghai-official/

[DUMBGRUNT]

Tesla can tell what you had for Lunch

Unsure about Tesla, but FB knows if you have been naughty or nice.