Incident 306: Tesla on Autopilot TACC Crashed into Van on European Highway
Description: A Tesla Model S operating on the Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC) feature of Autopilot was shown on video by its driver crashing into a parked van on a European highway in heavy traffic, which damaged the front of the car.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Tesla developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed unnamed Tesla owner and Tesla drivers.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
306
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2016-05-26
Editors
Khoa Lam
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
Just to make it clear: The Tesla Model S is the absolute best car in the world at the moment. Nothing comes close.
But, in this case there was a problem with the driving aids and also security systems: None of the safety-systems worked corr…
A Tesla Model S driver published a video of his car crashing into a van while on Autopilot which acts as a great PSA to remind Tesla drivers not to always rely on the Autopilot and be ready to take control at all time. In this particular ca…
Within a week of Tesla releasing Autopilot to the masses last fall, we started seeing some generally scary videos of people putting a little too much trust in the system. Well, we're continuing to see them, and in the latest video we sadly …
Variants
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