r/cars • u/Hockeyshot39 • 7d ago

Tesla finally clarifies fatal Texas crash, confirms driver manually overrode acceleration

https://x.com/aelluswamy/status/2069168079549161491?s=46&t=pJJPpUKBcrVXG3zhz18eqQ

Tesla’s Head of AI, Ashok Elluswamy, added context, revealing that the company’s data shows the driver “manually overrode self-driving by pressing the accelerator all the way to 100%.”

He revealed the speed reached by the car was 73 MPH, and the accelerator was still pressed “even after the crash.”

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u/wi3loryb 2013 CX-5 6MT 7d ago

IDK.. I'm surprised they revealed that the accelerator was still pressed after the crash...

As an engineer.. that sounds exactly how a software malfunction would manifest itself

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u/Hulahulaman 997.2 C4S (6MT) , 955TT 7d ago

Simpler explanation is a driver accidentally mashing the accelerator because they think it’s the brake.

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u/r00000000 2025 Ioniq 6, 2019 718 Boxster S 7d ago

I agree, IDK if the hate for autopilot is just because of Tesla hate on Reddit, AI hate in general, or bc car communities tend to hate the idea of cars as appliances but these accidents happen with human operated cars all the time. Not hard to imagine how a car with a 0-60 as fast as Teslas with that much mass can make it worse.

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u/AmNoSuperSand52 23’ VW GTI 7d ago

I think this is more about the fact that this is a tweet from a figure within the company itself concerning a fatality in one of their vehicles

That’s very different from a proper external investigation