Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana

Re:Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana by Reason077 on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @04:43AM (#12084810)

Tesla's autopilot behavior after a crash is terrible. It doesn't stop. In the semitrailer crash, the vehicle continued under power for several hundred feet

Are we sure it continued under power? The Tesla is a heavy vehicle, with weight centred close to the ground. Momentum could easily have carried it several hundred feet after a high speed collision.

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Re:Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana by studentrob on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @04:48AM (#12084826)

There's a report on electrek.co somewhere showing a google map of the crash site and where the car ended up. The car ended up a quarter mile down the road and had passed through a fence or two and some grass. There's also a report somewhere of a driver who says he made the same turn as the truck and followed the car as it continued down the road. Seems like it was under power. NHTSA, NTSB or Tesla could confirm with the data.

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Re:Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana by lsaferite on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @07:35AM (#12085362)

Does being under autopilot that disengages disable the accelerator? Otherwise, a foot from a disabled driver could have caused the vehicle to continue under power. Obviously Tesla probably has all this telemetry already.

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Re:Tesla confirms “Autopilot” crash in Montana by studentrob on Wednesday July 13, 2016 @12:12PM (#12087339)

> a foot from a disabled driver could have caused the vehicle to continue under power

I imagine NHTSA, NTSB, or Tesla will report on that when ready.

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