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Tesla recalls 123K Model S cars over potential power steering failure
Mar. 29, 2018 6:28 PM ET|About: Tesla Motors (TSLA)|By: Carl Surran, SA News Editor
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) -3.1% after-hours on news that the company is voluntarily recalling ~123K Model S sedans globally after discovering certain corroding bolts in cold weather climates could lead to a power-steering failure.
TSLA says the recall, believed to be the company’s largest ever, applies to Model S sedans built before April 2016; the company sold ~280K total vehicles through the end of last year.
“There have been no injuries or accidents due to this component, despite accumulating more than a billion miles of driving,” says an email the company is sending to customers.
Mar. 29, 2018 6:28 PM ET|About: Tesla Motors (TSLA)|By: Carl Surran, SA News Editor
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) -3.1% after-hours on news that the company is voluntarily recalling ~123K Model S sedans globally after discovering certain corroding bolts in cold weather climates could lead to a power-steering failure.
TSLA says the recall, believed to be the company’s largest ever, applies to Model S sedans built before April 2016; the company sold ~280K total vehicles through the end of last year.
“There have been no injuries or accidents due to this component, despite accumulating more than a billion miles of driving,” says an email the company is sending to customers.
johnsnownw
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Bosch is actually covering the costs of the recall.
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https://www.tesla.com/blog/update-last-week’s-accident
An Update on Last Week’s Accident
The Tesla Team March 30, 2018
Since posting our first update, we have been working as quickly as possible to establish the facts of last week’s accident. Our hearts are with the family and friends who have been affected by this tragedy.
The safety of our customers is our top priority, which is why we are working closely with investigators to understand what happened, and what we can do to prevent this from happening in the future. After the logs from the computer inside the vehicle were recovered, we have more information about what may have happened.
In the moments before the collision, which occurred at 9:27 a.m. on Friday, March 23rd, Autopilot was engaged with the adaptive cruise control follow-distance set to minimum. The driver had received several visual and one audible hands-on warning earlier in the drive and the driver’s hands were not detected on the wheel for six seconds prior to the collision. The driver had about five seconds and 150 meters of unobstructed view of the concrete divider with the crushed crash attenuator, but the vehicle logs show that no action was taken.
The reason this crash was so severe is because the crash attenuator, a highway safety barrier which is designed to reduce the impact into a concrete lane divider, had been crushed in a prior accident without being replaced. We have never seen this level of damage to a Model X in any other crash.
Over a year ago, our first iteration of Autopilot was found by the U.S. government to reduce crash rates by as much as 40%. Internal data confirms that recent updates to Autopilot have improved system reliability.
In the US, there is one automotive fatality every 86 million miles across all vehicles from all manufacturers. For Tesla, there is one fatality, including known pedestrian fatalities, every 320 million miles in vehicles equipped with Autopilot hardware. If you are driving a Tesla equipped with Autopilot hardware, you are 3.7 times less likely to be involved in a fatal accident.
Tesla Autopilot does not prevent all accidents – such a standard would be impossible – but it makes them much less likely to occur. It unequivocally makes the world safer for the vehicle occupants, pedestrians and cyclists.
No one knows about the accidents that didn’t happen, only the ones that did. The consequences of the public not using Autopilot, because of an inaccurate belief that it is less safe, would be extremely severe. There are about 1.25 million automotive deaths worldwide. If the current safety level of a Tesla vehicle were to be applied, it would mean about 900,000 lives saved per year. We expect the safety level of autonomous cars to be 10 times safer than non-autonomous cars.
In the past, when we have brought up statistical safety points, we have been criticized for doing so, implying that we lack empathy for the tragedy that just occurred. Nothing could be further from the truth. We care deeply for and feel indebted to those who chose to put their trust in us. However, we must also care about people now and in the future whose lives may be saved if they know that Autopilot improves safety. None of this changes how devastating an event like this is or how much we feel for our customer's family and friends. We are incredibly sorry for their loss.
An Update on Last Week’s Accident
The Tesla Team March 30, 2018
Since posting our first update, we have been working as quickly as possible to establish the facts of last week’s accident. Our hearts are with the family and friends who have been affected by this tragedy.
The safety of our customers is our top priority, which is why we are working closely with investigators to understand what happened, and what we can do to prevent this from happening in the future. After the logs from the computer inside the vehicle were recovered, we have more information about what may have happened.
In the moments before the collision, which occurred at 9:27 a.m. on Friday, March 23rd, Autopilot was engaged with the adaptive cruise control follow-distance set to minimum. The driver had received several visual and one audible hands-on warning earlier in the drive and the driver’s hands were not detected on the wheel for six seconds prior to the collision. The driver had about five seconds and 150 meters of unobstructed view of the concrete divider with the crushed crash attenuator, but the vehicle logs show that no action was taken.
The reason this crash was so severe is because the crash attenuator, a highway safety barrier which is designed to reduce the impact into a concrete lane divider, had been crushed in a prior accident without being replaced. We have never seen this level of damage to a Model X in any other crash.
Over a year ago, our first iteration of Autopilot was found by the U.S. government to reduce crash rates by as much as 40%. Internal data confirms that recent updates to Autopilot have improved system reliability.
In the US, there is one automotive fatality every 86 million miles across all vehicles from all manufacturers. For Tesla, there is one fatality, including known pedestrian fatalities, every 320 million miles in vehicles equipped with Autopilot hardware. If you are driving a Tesla equipped with Autopilot hardware, you are 3.7 times less likely to be involved in a fatal accident.
Tesla Autopilot does not prevent all accidents – such a standard would be impossible – but it makes them much less likely to occur. It unequivocally makes the world safer for the vehicle occupants, pedestrians and cyclists.
No one knows about the accidents that didn’t happen, only the ones that did. The consequences of the public not using Autopilot, because of an inaccurate belief that it is less safe, would be extremely severe. There are about 1.25 million automotive deaths worldwide. If the current safety level of a Tesla vehicle were to be applied, it would mean about 900,000 lives saved per year. We expect the safety level of autonomous cars to be 10 times safer than non-autonomous cars.
In the past, when we have brought up statistical safety points, we have been criticized for doing so, implying that we lack empathy for the tragedy that just occurred. Nothing could be further from the truth. We care deeply for and feel indebted to those who chose to put their trust in us. However, we must also care about people now and in the future whose lives may be saved if they know that Autopilot improves safety. None of this changes how devastating an event like this is or how much we feel for our customer's family and friends. We are incredibly sorry for their loss.
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What is interesting about the Tesla statement is what they left out. Was the vehicle using the latest version of software? Earlier they had mentioned how many times their cars had passed this section of road but did not say if the drivers ever made corrections in that area of road. They also said "The reason this crash was so severe is because the crash attenuator..." Really? It sounds like they are somewhat blaming the object the car ran into instead of saying why the car ran into it at all. If I were a owner of a Tesla and was using autonomous mode my hands would never leave the wheel as I would be too paranoid to trust it.
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Another Tesla owner tried to duplicate the accident and he almost crashed too.
https://electrek.co/2018/04/02/tesla-fatal-autopilot-crash-recreation/
https://electrek.co/2018/04/02/tesla-fatal-autopilot-crash-recreation/
johnsnownw
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Yes, and another owner tried to duplicate it and it didn't almost crash.
This accident was clearly due to a combination of factors, the largest being the poor guy that lost his life. You're supposed to monitor AP at all times, which is why it's considered semi-autonomous, not autonomous. It's programmed to follow the lines on the roadway, and if you look at pictures at the scene the best marked line is the one that would lead the vehicle directly into the barrier.
It's a tragic accident.
