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Tesla is famous for publishing the logs. The owner should be aware of this before making claims. It would have been prudent to keep this quiet till Tesla had a

Tesla is famous for publishing the logs. The owner should be aware of this before making claims. It would have been prudent to keep this quiet till Tesla had a chance to respond. Now if the logs prove it was driver error Tesla will publish the logs and all this outrage would be over nothing. On the other hand if this was an error in Tesla's system it is in Tesla's best interest to be transparent and publish the logs and an explanation on how it intends to fix this. Either way a public outrage was not required unless the owner wanted to ensure he got a new car even if it was the driver's fault. By claiming ""I don't' know if they're going to acknowledge if it was their fault," Puzant said.", the owner wanted to cast doubt on Tesla's integrity and also give himself an "out" if Tesla determined it was driver's fault.

gist 10y ago
I would suspect that if Tesla has a rock solid way to determine it was the drivers fault they will fight that till the ends of the earth. (Of course the same could happen even if not the case but that would be a conspiracy and probably less likely for practical reasons).
- palakchokshi 10y ago
  Considering that the owner's wife said that she tried the brakes but they weren't working I am pretty sure there will be brake usage logs coupled with associated acceleration/deceleration data. That should tell us if the brakes were applied and if they were working. The acceleration logs will also show if the acceleration pedal was engaged at the time or not. I am assuming that an auto acceleration log is different from a hardware pedal usage log. If not we can't determine if the acceleration was due to software or hardware.
  - gist 10y ago
    Sure but by the same token in theory if a brake was applied it should work and in this case the car owner is saying it didn't work (hence my video footage comment elsewhere).
    - greglindahl 10y ago
      Given that this type of accident happens all the time in all types of cars, why is it that the car owner's memory is preferred to a sensor? Because you're basically saying that ALL cars have the same flaw. It's a lot more likely that humans are fallible.

gist 10y ago

I would suspect that if Tesla has a rock solid way to determine it was the drivers fault they will fight that till the ends of the earth. (Of course the same could happen even if not the case but that would be a conspiracy and probably less likely for practical reasons).

palakchokshi 10y ago
Considering that the owner's wife said that she tried the brakes but they weren't working I am pretty sure there will be brake usage logs coupled with associated acceleration/deceleration data. That should tell us if the brakes were applied and if they were working. The acceleration logs will also show if the acceleration pedal was engaged at the time or not. I am assuming that an auto acceleration log is different from a hardware pedal usage log. If not we can't determine if the acceleration was due to software or hardware.
- gist 10y ago
  Sure but by the same token in theory if a brake was applied it should work and in this case the car owner is saying it didn't work (hence my video footage comment elsewhere).
  - greglindahl 10y ago
    Given that this type of accident happens all the time in all types of cars, why is it that the car owner's memory is preferred to a sensor? Because you're basically saying that ALL cars have the same flaw. It's a lot more likely that humans are fallible.