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The rear wheels locked. The rear brakes are far smaller than the front. I believe the rear motors are more powerful than the front. Therefore the smaller rear

The rear wheels locked. The rear brakes are far smaller than the front. I believe the rear motors are more powerful than the front. Therefore the smaller rear brakes were able to lock up the more powerful rear motor driven axle (there were ~50 foot skid marks from the rear tires). Why were the more powerful front brakes not able to overpower the weaker front motor? This is unacceptable engineering. Stop blaming the driver and apologizing for Tesla.

firecall 2y ago
The article is really not very clear is it! Did the driver have their foot hard down on the brake pedal? Were they using both feet and applying brake and accelerator at the same time? These seem like obvious basic questions that this motoring journalist has failed to ask. We will have to wait for keen YouTubers to answer these questions for us I guess LOL Such is the modern world!
- romwell 2y ago
  Oh, the article is plenty clear. >Did the driver have their foot hard down on the brake pedal? Yes, this is how you get the skid marks 50 ft long. You can also hear it in the video. >Were they using both feet and applying brake and accelerator at the same time? No. The vehicle accelerated on its own, and wasn't responding to the steering controls as well while the unintended acceleration. Tesla's response was that "due to the terrain the accelerator may or may not disengage when the brake is depressed". >These seem like obvious basic questions that this motoring journalist has failed to ask. Because they have very obvious basic answers unless one is hell-bent on blaming the victim (who, by the way, has a driver license). >We will have to wait for keen YouTubers to answer these questions for us I guess LOL Indeed. Because Tesla has dissolved its PR department years ago, and won't answer to inquiries from the press. I'll wait for NHTSA to answer these questions, but you do you.
dzhiurgis 2y ago
Stop accepting Jalopnik as truthful. It's part of Gawker media empire and spews crack on EVs (esp. Tesla) every day.

firecall 2y ago

The article is really not very clear is it! Did the driver have their foot hard down on the brake pedal? Were they using both feet and applying brake and accelerator at the same time? These seem like obvious basic questions that this motoring journalist has failed to ask. We will have to wait for keen YouTubers to answer these questions for us I guess LOL Such is the modern world!

romwell 2y ago
Oh, the article is plenty clear. >Did the driver have their foot hard down on the brake pedal? Yes, this is how you get the skid marks 50 ft long. You can also hear it in the video. >Were they using both feet and applying brake and accelerator at the same time? No. The vehicle accelerated on its own, and wasn't responding to the steering controls as well while the unintended acceleration. Tesla's response was that "due to the terrain the accelerator may or may not disengage when the brake is depressed". >These seem like obvious basic questions that this motoring journalist has failed to ask. Because they have very obvious basic answers unless one is hell-bent on blaming the victim (who, by the way, has a driver license). >We will have to wait for keen YouTubers to answer these questions for us I guess LOL Indeed. Because Tesla has dissolved its PR department years ago, and won't answer to inquiries from the press. I'll wait for NHTSA to answer these questions, but you do you.

dzhiurgis 2y ago

Stop accepting Jalopnik as truthful. It's part of Gawker media empire and spews crack on EVs (esp. Tesla) every day.