IMPORTANT!!!
I just realize that VW is doing the classic smearing campaign, amplify and spread bad news “VIOLENT CRASH” to tell uninformed public about it’s a danger to drive a Tesla with AutoPilot. This will kill both Tesla sales and its maturing FSD. The high Tesla stock price provides a very solid capital of free cash flow to build more Gigafactories for EV and best performance lowest price 4680 battery. That’s why VW did a lot of bragging during its Power Day and boosting its stock price to become the most valued company in Europe. It is playing the Tesla way. It is lucky that Benzinga EV Insights wrote a very informative article on this latest accident
This news by Benzinga EV Insights listed on Yahoo that shows the road intersection map as seen by FSD with a silver vehicle and a big red dot next to its R. rear tire. I do not own a Tesla with FSD so if somebody use Tesla FSD can tell me what’s the big red dot is? I like to know why it did not show the patrol car? The way this news is written look like a normal and informative report that shows
“Vehicles using the driver assist feature Autopilot have been
shown to be safer overall than Teslas not using the system.” Only this Benzinga.com has this informative line, all others give impression that Tesla Auto Pilot is defective and Tesla has been warned to test its FSD using public roads instead of dedicated area. I prefer to use products that are tested with real use in real situations, not by a specific designed test area that has little resemblance to the real situation. This accident also happened so early in the morning 1:10AM. The young 22 yr old driver could be sleepy and/or his model Y was not loaded with beta 8.2
If you click on the below Twitter link, click on left picture it will show larger picture of a 2-way street, that is much smaller than the other side with 4 lanes/2 lane/each direction. The citation was for failure to move over, means to go over the other lane/direction to pass the police car. The driver failed to take control, may be sleepy., and Driving With Suspended License (DWSL) .
You can see the tweet by Tesla Tech @TeslaTech7 “Autopilot is cruise control +. You have to pay attention, it doesn’t pretend to be 100% autonomous. You acknowledge you are responsible and in control. It will protect you more than not, but cannot handle all situations. I use it all the time, and it’s amazing 99% of the time.”
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Are you wondering that there are only news about Tesla FSD testing using the real roads and none from any other competitors? This means Tesla is way ahead of others in FSD and robotaxis testing.
Tesla Driving On Autopilot Crashes Into Michigan State Police Vehicle
This is the news from CNBC.com titled Tesla faces 2nd NHTSA probe In Michigan this month. The latest crash in a string of accidents involving a Tesla EV operating in Autopilot hits police car in Michigan. All the strong words to highlight its opponent’s bad news. This CNBC news will tell you all about past Tesla accidents with older version of Autopilot. The video at the end is very helpful in explaining the story.
Tesla faces second NHTSA probe in Michigan this month
So hang on tight dear Tesla comrades.