Between seat belts, air bags, collision warnings and automatic emergency braking, cars have gotten a lot safer over the years. Still, some models have higher fatal accident rates than others [on] iSeeCars’ review of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System data for most dangerous cars. Tesla topped its list of most dangerous car brands. […] The Tesla Model Y and Model S [have] fatal crash rates that are 370% and 200% higher than average.
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The problem is a faulty drive unit inverter, which stranded a Cybertruck at the end of July. Tesla says it started investigating the problem a week later and by late October arrived at the conclusion that it had made a bad batch of inverters that it used in production vehicles from November 6, 2023, until July 30, 2024. After a total of five failures and warranty claims that the company says “may be related to the condition,” Tesla issued a recall.
This is long overdue. Complaints about the drive unit are well known. Note that Tesla waited from July until now to announce the problem, yet they obviously stopped using “bad batch” drive units after July 30th. Why the inefficiency?
There has been a rising toll of pedestrians killed by Tesla since the fraudulently named “autopilot” and “full self driving” marketing campaigns started. The first Tesla pedestrian death by algorithm was April 2018, and in six years not much has changed, as today’s tragic news story makes plain to see.
A pedestrian was struck and killed on Highway 138 on Tuesday evening at approximately 5:36 PM on November 12, 2024. The incident occurred west of the I-15 freeway, near Dusty Lane.
Emergency personnel responded to the scene and found a 2024 Tesla pulled over on the right-hand shoulder of the highway, alongside an individual lying on the roadway.
A 2024 Tesla. Brand new. Latest software and hardware. Kills pedestrians.
Once again the severity of damage shows the Tesla impacted the pedestrian at full speed, acting as if completely blind… because Tesla cars are in fact unable to see.
It’s pretty clear Tesla has serious control issues. Here’s a strange case where the car crashed up and onto parked ones, mounting them like the notorious sudden acceleration bug hasn’t been fixed.
Tonight, NSW Police said the Tesla driver – a 48-year-old woman – was unhurt. Police inquired into the circumstances of the crash but didn’t take any action.
Nothing to see here, just an unexploded chemical bomb. Don’t worry, police didn’t take any action so next time it will probably be worse.