“Consumer Reports” (Consumer Reports) 22 said the organization’s test found that the Tesla car in the driver’s seat can still be on the road; “Consumer Reports” said the self-driving car “Consumer Reports said the self-driving car was “very deceptive.
The consumer group’s test was conducted days after a Tesla car crash in Texas that killed two people inside; a police investigation found that neither person was in the driver’s seat at the time of the crash.
Tesla’s “Autopilot” mode is actually a semi-autonomous driving design that starts with the car in the center of the route, keeping its distance from the car in front of it, and changing lanes with the driver’s permission, but the point is that the driver must always be able to react immediately.
Consumer Reports tested a Tesla Model Y with no one in the driver’s seat at a track in a closed area, and found that it would still move along the divided lane with no one in the driver’s seat.
The Tesla that crashed in a Houston suburb over the weekend was a Model S, which also has the “Autopilot” feature.
Jake Fisher, director of consumer reports auto testing, did the test himself; he said, “In our assessment, Tesla’s Autopilot system is not only unable to confirm that the driver is paying attention to the car, but it can’t even figure out if anyone is driving.
California-based Tesla has cut its press contact department, and media inquiries about the trial were not immediately responded to.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have launched separate investigations into the Tesla crash in Texas; a preliminary investigation by local authorities found that one person was in the front passenger seat and another was in the back seat when the incident occurred and the car veered off the road, hit a tree, caught fire and burned. Investigators should be able to confirm whether autopilot mode was activated at the time.
Tesla CEO Musk tweeted on the 19th that, according to “currently retrieved” data records, the car was not in Autopilot mode at the time of the crash, and the owner had not purchased the “full self-drive” feature when the car was purchased.
The Highway Traffic Safety Administration has the authority to order recalls of cars with design defects, but it has always had a laissez-faire policy toward semi-autonomous and fully autonomous driving, fearing that it would prevent the industry from developing safer, more practical technology.
But after March this year, it has sent three investigation teams to investigate Tesla car accidents; over the past few years, it has also investigated 28 serious accidents involving Tesla cars.
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