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The US Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) said recently that US regulators are investigating a parking lot accident involving Tesla using the company's Smart Summon function to drive to his car owner.

A number of Tesla users have posted videos on social media, and the videos seem to have had an accident. Some users should have hit the garage wall, as well as those who were backed up. A video provided by the owner shows that a Tesla was nearly hit by a SUV during the owner's "summoning". Fortunately, the SUV in the video braked in time.

The feature is a "smart summoning" feature updated to version 10.0 by the special envoy last week, in which the owner can guide the car to the user's location through the GPS location of the phone, and the car's self-driving hardware, such as sensors and cameras, prevents the vehicle from colliding during automatic movement. The owner can keep the vehicle moving or stopping by pressing or releasing the "Come to me" button on the app.

Obviously, this "intelligent call" is not intelligent, and the vehicle can go to the owner's position on its own, but it will not predict whether it can pass in advance as when driving, just like if the above situation can be passed or waited in advance, this kind of accident will not occur, and it is not when the object appears that Tesla senses it, then it is all too late.

In this regard, when introducing this function, Tesla repeatedly stressed that this function can only be used in private parking lots or lanes, and at the same time, it needs to be in the vision of car owners, because car owners will be responsible for accidents caused by failure to make a prediction in time.

After its launch, this feature was not widely praised by users, but complained that it was too chicken. According to the current several accidents, the intelligent behavior of the vehicle is not mature. It is suggested that the intelligent summoning function is suitable for the car owner to run under the open space, or no other vehicles are driving around.

Similarly, this function is more unsuitable for the domestic situation, in the face of domestic complex and dense parking lots, this function will encounter more accidents.

There are many leading technologies in today's new energy models, which look very new, and Tesla also hopes to keep self-driving ahead of traditional carmakers. But the fact is not mature, even if Tesla is currently the most advanced autopilot technology, there have been several accidents leading to the death of the occupants. Therefore, we should not rely too much on the functions of today's smart cars, but also use them cautiously.

Tesla reported on Wednesday that 97000 cars were delivered in the third quarter, below some analysts' expectations.

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