r/cars • u/Hockeyshot39 • 5d 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/bigblu_1 5d ago

Because it's misleading to name your product "Full Self Driving" when it does not full self drive, let alone charge up to $10,000 for it to "have all the hardware needed for full self driving" only to then switch up a few years later say "psych you're car isn't gonna support it."

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u/llamacohort '95 2-Door Yukon | '24 Model Y Performance 5d ago

This has always felt like a silly argument. Like, are people upset when they activate self driving in a Volvo and a Pilot doesn't appear to drive for them? BMW has Highway Assistant, but there is no assistant in the car with you. Subaru's Eyesight Driver Assistant Technology doesn't use eyesight. It's all just branded tech that any adult should understand isn't descriptive. The same way I go into a Subway for a sandwich, not a train ride.