“Tesla Autopilot saved my butt today. I don’t know if I would’ve swerved left as quickly as the autopilot did without needing to check there first for traffic.
"Thanks for having saved my life in Tesla Model 3 ! " said
@Mike94160775
to
@elonmusk
. He travelled at 80 km/h when crossing truck lost wheel at 80km/h - impact of wheel at cumulated speed of 160 km/h!! - walked away without a scratch. Buying the same model again.
Tesla driver didn’t see a jaywalker due to lighting until getting real close, leaving him no time to respond. Fortunately, Tesla safety system detected & then intervened by driving around to avoid hitting the pedestrian.
Tesla Model 3 regains its
@ConsumerReports
“Top Pick” status after new testing shows the camera-only system provides effective automatic emergency braking. Congrats
@elonmusk
and
@Tesla
team
A Nissan crashed into a
#Tesla
Model X, ripping it *in half* as seen in the video below.
Most impressive part:
“The driver behind the wheel of the Tesla was able to walk away from the crash with what seemed to be a minor injury to his leg.”
The white
#Tesla
had four people inside. We’re told 2 adults, 2 kids.
All four rescued and taken to the hospital with injuries.
Calfire says the fact that they were rescued alive “is a miracle.”
In less than nine seconds, a mountain lion comes out of nowhere at high speed, enters the road, and almost gets hit by the Tesla. The videomaker says the braking came from
#Autopilot
:
Tesla owner credits Model 3’s instant acceleration for helping to avoid a crash : "I have never appreciated having an instant torque as much as this time." Credit : Omega from Youtube
On March 15,2019
@elonmusk
revealed what Shanghai Gigafactory will look like "at the end of the year". Look at what it looks like on October 4th, 2019. Still worried about Elon's timing to deliver ?
Tesla safety features in action : " Model 3 stopped me from bumping a driver who I thought was already merging while I looked for traffic. The car did the loud emergency beep, and I went straight for the brake."
Distracted by some truck on another road,
@Kadorito
was running towards the concrete median border ! His
#Tesla
detected the danger and immediatly reacted accordingly. All this without autopilot enabled !
Tesla
#Autopilot
saved yet another life in Wuhan, China yesterday.
The driver admits he himself was not paying full attention.Autopilot automatically steered away from the tricycle at the last moment :
Another example of the amazing
#Tesla
early warning system. Seven cars ahead all crashed and cars behind did too. Tesla made a gentle enough stop to avoid hitting and being hit :
A Model 3 owner credits Tesla’s Automatic Emergency Braking System, an active safety feature powered by Autopilot, for helping save a police officer on a motorcycle running a red light. Video credit :
Tesla Q3 earnings on safety :
In Q2 2019,
#Tesla
registered one accident every 3.27 million miles with Autopilot engaged.
In Q3 2019,
#Tesla
took that down to one accident every 4.34 million miles.
This compared to a national average of one accident every 0.5 million miles.