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On the afternoon of May 1, a Tesla incident occurred in the underground parking lot of a commercial building in Huangpu District, Guangzhou. The airbag in the car did not eject at the time of the accident, and the person concerned was taken to hospital for treatment.

From the video, we can see that Tesla Model 3 is turning on the emergency flasher after hitting the wall, the right side of the front is damaged by hitting the cement column, and there are traces left by the impact of the tire on the wall. According to the family of the person concerned, when the person was driving and was about to park in the parking space, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and did not respond when he stepped on the brakes, and finally the vehicle crashed into the cement column, resulting in damage to the front of the car.

When the reporter asked whether to step on the acceleration pedal, the family members of the parties denied: no. He is an old driver and has been driving for more than ten years. In addition, the family members questioned why none of the airbags crashed into such vehicles worked.

Tesla responded to the incident on May 3: the full name of the vehicle is driver operation, and no brake system failure was found before the accident.

1. According to the surveillance video of the accident area, we can see that the high brake light did not turn on and there was obvious acceleration when the vehicle entered the parking space.

two。 Combined with the background data, the brake pedal was not pressed before the collision. About 2 seconds before the collision, the acceleration pedal of the vehicle was pressed deeply, while the speed increased rapidly and quickly exceeded 18 km / h, and then the vehicle recorded the collision at a speed of no more than 20 km / h.

3. According to the driver's description: when slowing down into the parking space, the vehicle did not hit the brakes at that time, and the vehicle "suddenly accelerated" over the limit poles of the two parking spaces and moved on. In the panic, the customer hit to the right and collided with the parking column, and the trajectory description was consistent with the background data.

To sum up, the whole process of the vehicle is controlled by the driver, and the fault of the vehicle braking system was not found before the accident. After the accident, Tesla staff arrived at the scene to help deal with the accident at the first time.

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