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Recently, the owner of Tesla revealed in the group of car friends that his Tesla had an accident on the highway. The owner said that his Tesla automatically accelerated to 170mph ("mileage", one mile = 1.6093 km) on the highway without any warning, so he began to hit the brakes, but there was no reaction. After hitting four cars in a row, the owner finally stopped, and the owner was glad he "saved his life."

From the driving video released by the owner, at first Model 3 was driving at the normal speed in the rightmost lane, and after changing to the middle lane, it followed the truck in front, and then a tank 300 appeared in the leftmost lane, and then Model 3 also changed to the leftmost lane, but the speed of Model 3 was very fast, directly hit Tank 300, and Tank 300 was hit to one side. The Model 3's hood was lifted and opened blindly for a long distance before it stopped after hitting many cars in a row. From the scene of the accident, the Model 3 was seriously damaged and the maintenance cost was high, and one of the Japanese cars that was hit was directly scrapped.

For the accident, Tesla responded that he contacted the car owner for details as soon as possible on the day of the accident, through multi-party comparison and analysis, and communicated with the owner himself to verify that the incident was caused by the driver mistakenly stepping on the acceleration pedal. Tesla said that at present, with the approval of the car owner, he has assisted the car owner in the vehicle insurance claim settlement process. At the same time, Tesla also reminded driver friends that in the course of driving, if you encounter an emergency, please keep calm and control the vehicle correctly.

However, judging from the conversation among the car owners in the group, they did not admit that their misstep on the accelerator pedal caused the accident. The car owner said, "I still have one kilometer to get off the highway. As a woman in her fifties, am I crazy to drive to 170 mph and step on the accelerator?" and "I've been driving 170 miles for 30 years, stepping on the accelerator. I took it all." As for admitting to stepping on the accelerator pedal by mistake, from the tone of the car owner, on the one hand, "the data is in Tesla's hands, and there is no video to prove that my foot is on the brake", on the other hand, "I didn't win the lawsuit with Tesla in China."

In other words, although the car owner admits to stepping on the accelerator pedal by mistake, it is more like being forced to admit helplessness, and the truth may only be known by both parties. However, Han Lu, a veteran car blogger, said on Weibo, "the great probability is that you stepped on the accelerator, and the chance of two fatal problems of brake failure and automatic acceleration at the same time is about zero."

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