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Tesla has captured the favor of many consumers in the global market by virtue of his leading intelligent technology, but also because his intelligent technology has encountered suspected accidents caused by technology in many markets around the world. Recently, foreign media reported that Tesla had a traffic accident in the United States, resulting in casualties. U. S. regulators will examine Tesla as required.

Foreign media reported that on the evening of the 17th local time, a Tesla Model S caught fire after accidentally hitting a tree on a highway in Texas. Unfortunately, in the end, the car was burned down to only one frame, and the two men on board were killed in the accident.

Foreign media reported that the accident vehicle was driving at high speed at that time, suddenly lost control at the corner, hit a tree, and immediately caught fire. It took firefighters about four hours to put out the burning vehicle because the car's battery was still burning.

After a preliminary investigation by the police, it can be determined that the vehicle was driverless at the time of the accident, as the two casualties were in the copilot and the back seat respectively, but whether the vehicle activated Tesla Autopilot autopilot function has not been confirmed by the official investigation.

On April 20, media reported that because of the seriousness of the situation, police in Harris County, Texas, will issue a search warrant for Tesla on Tuesday local time to obtain all data on the vehicle involved in the accident in Texas. And both the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said they would investigate the accident.

It is reported that the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has sent two investigators to investigate the fatal crash of Tesla's electric car on April 17, especially the autopilot system. You know, the investigation team sent by NHTSA has been examining similar accidents involving Tesla in Houston, Lansing and Detroit in recent weeks.

However, in response to the accident, US Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) reported that Tesla CEO Musk said on Twitter on the 20th that the accident vehicle did not turn on the autopilot system.

In response to a netizen, Musk revealed: "…"... Currently recovered data logs show that the autopilot system (Autopilot) has not been turned on, and the car has not purchased a fully autopilot system (FSD). In addition, the standard autopilot system requires lanes to open, and the street in this case has no lanes. "

As we all know, the Tesla brand is famous for its intelligent driving technology, and its official focus is on self-driving technology. However, Musk has also changed the autopilot function to an intelligent driving assistance system after a number of accidents suspected of being caused by the autopilot system, and reminded drivers not to trust the autopilot system too much and should focus on it.

It is worth mentioning that Tesla has disbanded his public relations team in the United States, and only Musk himself is supported by Twitter, and recently retweeted a report posted online by Tesla's owner on Twitter. Tesla cars with autopilot have 10 times fewer accidents than cars without autopilot.

In any case, no matter how mature Tesla's intelligent driving technology is, it is not as good as the driver's own contingency capacity. as a driver's auxiliary system, it can play a certain auxiliary role in driving safety, but it cannot replace people after all. therefore, consumers can not blindly believe in the current autopilot system.

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