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发帖数: 435 | 3 There is no “unintended acceleration” in Tesla vehicles
The Tesla Team
January 20, 2020
This petition is completely false and was brought by a Tesla short-seller.
We investigate every single incident where the driver alleges to us that
their vehicle accelerated contrary to their input, and in every case where
we had the vehicle's data, we confirmed that the car operated as designed.
In other words, the car accelerates if, and only if, the driver told it to
do so, and it slows or stops when the driver applies the brake.
While accidents caused by a mistaken press of the accelerator pedal have
been alleged for nearly every make/model of vehicle on the road, the
accelerator pedals in Model S, X and 3 vehicles have two independent
position sensors, and if there is any error, the system defaults to cut off
motor torque. Likewise, applying the brake pedal simultaneously with the
accelerator pedal will override the accelerator pedal input and cut off
motor torque, and regardless of the torque, sustained braking will stop the
car. Unique to Tesla, we also use the Autopilot sensor suite to help
distinguish potential pedal misapplications and cut torque to mitigate or
prevent accidents when we’re confident the driver’s input was
unintentional. Each system is independent and records data, so we can
examine exactly what happened.
We are transparent with NHTSA, and routinely review customer complaints of
unintended acceleration with them. Over the past several years, we discussed
with NHTSA the majority of the complaints alleged in the petition. In every
case we reviewed with them, the data proved the vehicle functioned properly. |
