Use wechat to scan the QR code < / P > < p > to share with friends and circle of friends < / P > < p > < p > < p > on June 21, a fatal car accident occurred in a Tesla Model s in Texas on April 17, 2021 local time, resulting in two deaths. After the accident, a large number of misinformation and even false information flooded, leading to Tesla trapped in it, the general public at a loss. It was only recently that the truth about car accidents began to surface < p > Fig1 < / P > < p > a few hours after the accident, a bold statement spread in the mainstream media: another Tesla had a fatal car accident, killing two Texas residents. Facing the reporter's inquiry, Harris County is eager to clarify the cause of the accident. Sheriff mark Herman shared a surprising and bold statement: there was no one in the driver's seat at the time of the model s crash < p > Herman said: "the police are 100% sure that no one was driving in the driver's seat at the time of the crash. Our investigators are trained to deal with crashes. We also sent people to restore the scene. They believe that only from the location of the body after the impact, no one was driving the car at that time. " He also pointed out that it took more than four hours to control the fire of the electric car < p > since then, this statement and many subsequent related information have proved to be wrong. Today, the Tesla accident and the hasty statements made by relevant parties have become a case worthy of attention, helping to study how the truth is ignored and how the general ignorance of electric vehicles can lead to a perfect storm of misinformation < p > car accident < / P > < p > to fully understand the story, we must go back to the fateful night of April 17, 2021. At that time, two men, a 59 year old owner of Tesla and a 69 year old passenger, turned off the road after driving about 168 meters, drove past the curb, hit a drainage channel and raised manhole, and finally hit a big tree. The car caught fire after the crash < p > Figure 2: location of Tesla Model s crash in Texas. It was in the initial media attention that Sheriff Herman pointed out that investigators were 100% certain that no one was driving in model s at the time of the crash. This statement has great appeal to many media, and the New York Post and other media even issued an article pointing out that the driver assistance system autopilot was activated at the time of the crash. It's worth noting that Herman never mentioned autopilot, although his claim that there was no one in the driver's seat was suggestive

very soon, even organizations such as Consumer Reports joined the struggle, proving that Autopilot can really be fooled and automatically drive a car without anyone sitting on the driver's seat. The consumer report test is easy to convince, showing viewers what it takes to beat autopilot's security measures < p > this gimmick has also attracted a lot of media attention. At this time, the tone of the accident has been set, that is, Tesla can drive automatically without a driver, and autopilot can kill people. It's a chilling idea, but it seems to have the intentional support of Jim Farley, Ford's chief executive, who shared consumer report's autopilot failure test on his personal twitter page However, this does not mean that the narratives surrounding the fatal traffic accident in Texas are perfect. Just a few days after the crash, woodlands fire chief Palmer buck claimed that, contrary to many media reports, the model s caught fire in less than four hours. He also said firefighters didn't call Tesla for help and he didn't know of any hotlines asking how to control the battery fire < p > What's more interesting is that even Herman himself didn't seem to be sure whether the information he gave was correct. In a statement, he said investigators were "almost 99.9% certain" that there was no one in the driver's seat of the Tesla car. Although Herman said they had executed a search warrant against Tesla to ensure data on the tragic incident, many facts remain unclear. Meanwhile, Elon Musk tweeted that so far, data records show that the autopilot on the car was not activated at the time of the crash < p > Tesla's online community began to step in to learn about the situation, because there seemed to be signs everywhere against Tesla at that time. A media report said: "some Tesla owners did not wait for the results of the investigation to be released by two different federal agencies investigating the accident. Instead, they took the usual actions of conspiracy theorists and amateur Internet detectives. They obviously suspected the basic facts about the accident." < p > at Tesla's financial report conference call for the first quarter of 2021, there were more cracks in the original statement that "autopilot caused a car accident". Lars moravy, Tesla's vice president for vehicle engineering, said the company had conducted tests with investigators who had determined that autosteer could not work in the area. He also said that from the distance from the owner's home to the crash site, the model s would only accelerate to 48 km / h before using the adaptive cruise control system. This is undoubtedly a clarification of the incident, but like many facts, it has also been ignored < p > shortly after the earnings call, CBS reported that at least one Tesla autopilot function was activated in the crash that killed two people in Texas. This is definitely a description that can attract quite a lot of attention, but there is a problem, that is, the whole premise of this article is wrong. To make matters worse, Texas representative Kevin Brady tweeted the CBS article, saying: "Tesla and musk have long claimed that the woodlands crash involved autopilot, and we need answers." < p > grassroots movement < / P > < p > in a world full of misinformation, the media may publish inaccurate reports, while citizen news may become a rational voice. That's what happened in the crash in Tesla, Texas. With the efforts of many ordinary people, advocates of electric vehicles and space enthusiasts, it finally helped to make the right information about the accident public

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2023-03-22 10:04:36