Published 15:18 IST, June 4th 2020

Video: Tesla crashes into truck in Taiwan, driver blames autopilot mode

The car was reportedly travelling at 110 kilometres per hour before hitting the truck and the driver has said that he tried applying brakes but it was too late.

Reported by: Vishal Tiwari
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A surveillance video of a Tesla car colliding into an overturned truck in Taiwan is doing rounds on social media. In video, one can see a Tesla Model 3 car coming in at full speed before colliding into truck that was lying overturned on road. According to reports, driver of Tesla has alleged that that car was running on autopilot mode before it slammed into truck. car was reportedly travelling at 110 kilometres per hour before hitting truck and driver has said that he tried applying brakes but it was too late. 

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In video that is going viral, one can see smoke coming out from screeching tires before vehicle hit truck. Tesla provides two modes in its electric cars, autopilot and self-driving mode. autopilot mode was allegedly being used by driver of car that collided with truck. autopilot mode automatically steers car, apply brakes, and accelerate. While self-driving mode provides additional features like self-navigation, detecting traffic lights, auto park, auto lane change among ors. 

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viral video has garnered more than 2,30,000 views on Twitter since it was shared on June 1. Netizens are in splits over safety issue concerning autopilot and self-driving features in Tesla cars. One user wrote, "Still auto-pilot is significantly safer than manual driving, by numbers. How long did it take him to tice truck when car is always yelling to pay attention." Ar user commented, "That should have been detected by Radar."

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15:18 IST, June 4th 2020