Tesla: “Autopilot” was at one of the recent accidents made it – Handelsblatt

” autopilot “in the review

For the last accident, the system should not be responsible

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Palo Alto Tesla seems to have less to do with his controversial driving assistants had “autopilot” an accident as a last thought. In an accident in the state of Pennsylvania, the system was the log files off of the vehicle, according to, wrote Tesla CEO Elon Musk on the night of Friday at Twitter. “Moreover, the crash would not have happened if it had been turned on,” he said.

The driver of the electric car had told the police to recent information, he was on July 1, with “autopilot” been traveling as the car left the road and overturned. Tesla had initially stated that it could not verify this claim – the car had transmitted to radio no data, possibly because have been damaged in the accident, the antenna. Then Tesla was the owner of the car can not at first reach out to evaluate the log data directly from the vehicle.

carmaker and electromobility

• Said it is frequent: the electromobility of the future. Done contrast is little electric cars are still very small presence on German roads. The carmaker VW could now step up the pace in terms of battery production. Thumbs up, signaling experts.

• the carmaker Volkswagen, according to company circles plans for a huge German battery cell production in the drawer.

• The battery cells in electric drive coming from the Far East, whether from Panasonic or Samsung. So far, the German top managers of the automotive industry took so out – the offer on the world market is large, the price low. So better to shop there and watch as “first follower” the matter, rather than risking much own money, says a senior German auto executives and thus represents an industry-widely held opinion. It involves cells, so the energy storage mass -. Their quality is decisive for the range

• that electric cars in German dealerships often still Ladenhüter are or are not even offered, is also due to the parlous state of customer demand. The federal government wants to change that, as with the purchase grants of up to 4,000 euros per vehicle. But electric cars are not only expensive, they are also only conditionally suitable for everyday use – much more than 150 kilometer there is not one. Better batteries could change that – but their development is expensive, the risk of bad investments large

• Daimler has made until recently battery cells , but the production in Kamenz, Saxony was discontinued at the end, 2015. A spokesman stressed however the importance Daimler is the battery issue, finally, imagine battery case further afield. “The actual intelligence of the battery is disconnected from the cell, but in the overall system consisting of cells, control electronics, software, cooling and tailored to the vehicle body,” the spokesman said. This area is called a BMW spokesman “by our own work” of his house. “Our current strategy has proven successful,” says BMW. In other words:. Plans to own cell production are not in Munich on the table

• The US company Tesla is now cruising ahead in matters electromobility, the range of these cars is significantly higher than the electric models from the worldwide BMW, VW or Daimler with more than 300 kilometers. But otherwise? “German manufacturers are not back off because global competition is not further also,” said Willi Diez from Nürtingen Institute for Automotive Research (Ifa). The Tesla Declared yield are hardly practicable, in real driving conditions, the distance to the German competition is less.

• experts agree The cell production in Germany would be very important. “As long as one only buys, it is the cells only at the level of other competitors, but you never is out in front,” says ifa expert Diez. Stefan Bratzel from the University of Applied Sciences in Bergisch Gladbach says: “Germany may in the medium and can not afford the long term, a significant part of the value in the electric mobility and thus to have the car of the future abroad.” But packs VW that alone or goes only in conjunction with other German manufacturers, as is required by works? Rather common, experts say. “Concerted action is needed in all German manufacturers play,” said Bratzel.

• Clear: If once the starting gun a VW battery cell production, it takes a long time to manufacture and use. First, a long development phase is necessary. It ultimately not the current lithium ion cell generation, but further developments and optionally other generations. “But you have to start now to eight or ten years in order to make money,” said Bratzel.

• Only partly. The production processes are highly automated and simple compared to the internal combustion engine-building – of the workforce would be relatively low. After all, would have development departments to be significantly increased or re-established.

After Musks short tweets now, however, remained an open question whether “autopilot “possibly before the accident could have been turned on yet. When asked by a Twitter user why the driver had then told otherwise, the premise of the Tesla boss, maybe this did not notice that he had issued the system. However, it resound a clear acoustic signal, Musk conceded. The software had not turned off by itself, that would have been recorded in the log files, he said.

After the fatal crash in early May in Florida, in which a controlled computer Tesla at a crossing trucks -Anhänger raced, the system of US authorities is investigated. Each new alleged accident with “autopilot” thereby drawing a lot of attention. Recently confirmed Tesla that last weekend a controlled via steering assistant coach after midnight veered off a mountain road. Tesla emphasized that these are not the conditions under which the “autopilot” Wizard should be used now.

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The influential US magazine “Consumer Reports” called Tesla on to deactivate the system. The carmaker has introduced too fast too far-reaching objectives. By Tesla system marketed under the name “autopilot”, the company will give users a false sense of security. “” Autopilot “, the car did not go alone, allows consumers but to take their hands for minutes from the tax.”

The President of the German industry association VDA, Matthias Wissmann, said the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung” (Friday ), the Tesla accidents showed that the producers “must never lose the security issue from the eye” in the development of the current partial automation of a car to full automation from 2025. ‘/ p>