"We were sorry to hear about your accident, but we were very pleased to learn both you and your friend were ok when we spoke through your translator on the morning of the crash (July 9)." I'm talking about this line. Tesla claims they were able to reach Mr. Pang through a translator the morning of the crash (I remembered the date incorrectly). Mr. Pang's letter said: "Tesla never contacted me after the accident." So one of them must be lying. While his letter on 6/21 later only discusses "warning beeps," his statements in his interview with CNN on 6/12 said that there were no warnings at all: "Pang said he did not receive any warning from the car that he was in danger and needed to act, adding that the warnings from his car were in English, and that he speaks Mandarin." Driver in Tesla Autopilot accident would buy another Tesla The note about English suggests to me that he likely did see the visual warning and that he was aware of it, but he doesn't want to acknowledge that it happened. His later change to explicitly talking only about warning beeps (rather than his original claim of no warnings at all) also suggests the same. I'll give this last one as something the owner could have genuinely thought was the case given shock from the accident.
Sorry, my mistake. I'm not quite sure how to account for that. Perhaps Tesla was talking mostly to the passenger (presumably the translator referred to). Tesla did not state that there were any warnings that he was in danger (e.g. that he would need to take control). Specifically, Tesla said that there was [1] the standard visual warning when AP is engaged, and [2] the standard visual warning that his hands were not on the steering wheel. Unless I'm missing something from their statement.
Are you a Tesla owner? Sure it's not relevant but the timing seems suspicious that you just joined yesterday and already in the meat of the discussion. Your responses in post #343, while not wrong, speak like an attorney trying to weasel his way out of an argument. While I think most of us have tried to be fair, people have called out Mr. Pang when warranted. I think bhzmark has been the exception in his exuberance.
No, I am not a Tesla owner. I bought a Volt in 2011, before they were sold in Massachusetts. I've been following Tesla closely since around 2008 or so, and put down a deposit on a Model 3, and am expecting to buy a MS very shortly. I have spent a lot of time analyzing OBD2 data on the Volt (and helped some people with analyzing Roadster data), and I am also an avid seeker of the truth. Hence my interest in the log files (which I personally would love to see). I find this case particularly interesting as it says a lot of about the forum members. 47 dislikes to the post and only 3 likes. Tesla has made a statement that appears to have been very carefully worded (as one would expect given the circumstances), and I'm guessing many forum members were lured into believing something other than what really happened. And lots of people seem to think that the driver is intentionally providing misinformation, but I do not see that. From what I read, it sounds like the driver is looking for explanations as to what happened, and stated at the end of his public letter that "Mr. Musk should stand up as a man, face up the challenge to thoroughly investigate the cause of the accident, and take responsibility for the mistakes of Tesla product." I'm sure behind the scenes Tesla is thoroughly investigating this. However, they have responded by placing blame on the driver (violating the terms of use), while neither saying this was an expected eventuality (as I believe most Tesla AP drivers believe: using AP in locations where it is not designed to be used, it may not behave as intended), or that it was a true error (e.g. steering when it should not have). In any case, I'm going to try not to beat this to death (although still would like to see if bhzmark can come up with a single obvious lie to back up his many defamatory statements). If the driver wants, he can try contacting Tesla, who offered to review detailed log files with him, and he can choose whether to request copies of the log files.
Nitpick. Distinction without a difference. Your "cultural" comments are also wrong and borderline inappropriate. I respectfully ask you to stop with comments like that and stay OT.
? That doesn't make sense. It was Pang that said it "suddenly veered" three times. Just because Pang said it, even three times, doesn't make it true. In fact just the opposite in this case. Pang lied when he said (three times) the car [not he, but the car] veered suddenly into the posts Pang lied when he said (twice) the car did not slow down. Pang lied when he said the enging was running at high speed into more barrier posts. Pang lied when he said "the autopilot system malfunctioned and caused the crash." Pang lied when he said "autopilot continued to drive the car with the speed of 55 to 60 mph, and crashed another 11 posts. " Pang lied when he said "Autopilot did not slow down at all after the crash, but kept going in the original speed setting and continued to crash into more barrier posts in high speed." Pang lied when he said "the sound was the engine were still running in high speed." Pang lied when we said "Apparently "the autopilot system malfunctioned and caused the crash." Pang lied when he said "Tesla autopilot did not slow down the car at all after the intial crash." Pang lied when he said "Even after I stopped the car, it was still trying to accelerate and spinning the engine in high speed. " Pang lied when he said "Tesla never contacted me after the accident. " In fact what the logs show is: Logs show: "after you engaged Autosteer, your hands were not detected on the steering wheel for over two minutes." Logs show: "No steering torque was then detected until . . . " Logs show: "Autosteer was disabled with an abrupt steering action." Logs show: "Immediately following detection of the first impact, adaptive cruise control was also disabled, the vehicle began to slow," Logs show: "the rotating motors may have been disconcerting, even though they were only powered by minimal levels of creep torque." And Tesla did contact him numerous times. In his own words: Mr. Pang should stand up as a man, face up the challenge to thoroughly understand his own negligence in the cause of the accident, and take responsibility for his own mistakes. Mr. Pang, you should immediately stop trying to cover up your own negligence and stop blaming the technology that you misused.
Just because you keep copying and pasting the same exact thing doesn't make it true. Give it a rest, this has already been debunked here in post #320: A Public Letter to Mr. Musk and Tesla For The Sake Of All Tesla Driver's Safety
Tesla did not refute this. Unless you can show otherwise, doesn't that make you the liar? He said "apparently", and Tesla has not refuted it. Misquoting him doesn't help with your credibility. From what I have heard from Tesla, that quote is accurate. Tesla confirmed that the car was trying to go forward with creep, which would be the car trying to accelerate. Yes, there are some conflicts (e.g. Tesla saying that spoke to him through his interpreter around the time of the crash, and the driver saying he was not contacted by Tesla), but to be honest, I see more lies from you than him. And you don't have the drawback of needing to use an interpreter or having been through a traumatizing incident.
The only thing that debunked was pointing that Pang said he didn't "hear" a warning. quibbling with his attempt to make the point that he wasn't sufficiently warned, when we all know that the warning are borderline burdensome and evident to any sober person paying attention. But I deleted that one. Otherwise all the rest stand.
Tesla did not confirm that the car maintained speed. In fact they said "Immediately following detection of the first impact, adaptive cruise control was also disabled, the vehicle began to slow, and you applied the brake pedal." But I quoted this in my post which you failed to read. He lied about the "accelerating at high speed" part. Creep is not accelerating. it is not high speed. Tesla reported on a manual steering input that veered the car. Prefacing a lie with "apparently" doesn't make it not a lie. And all the ones that you failed to respond to are lies as well. Calling out lies is not really a big deal. In the US it may considered fighting words. In other cultures, lying, and then being called out on it, is just conversation. It's not really a big deal nor a personal attack. But it is useful in this context to understand what happened and what didn't happen and that the self-serving testimony, and appeals to Musk's manhood and a request to a face-to-face talk are really just ordinary inflated street talk in a certain context to try to save face after an embarrassment. His family will help him save face and all agree to what he asserts and speak ill of the bad Tesla car, to restore his place after an embarrassing incident. That is as it should be. But in this forum, where we speak with engineering precision about what these cars do and don't do, Pang's letter should not be taken as an accurate report of facts. It is not.
Thank you for the transparency. As you can guess the crazies are out in droves and want blood especially the media if you can generate some type of click bait article. New members are especially susceptible to being attacked. It doesn't help the OP hasn't responded but has logged on based on looking at his profile page. I suspect anything else moving forward will be going through his attorney. Tesla owners you'll find in this forum can also be critical of Tesla and their products. As long as you present your opinion without sounding like an ass people will listen. I hope this doesn't deter you from continuing to contribute to this forum as you've been very civil.
I'm not sure if that says more about the forum members or the content of the original post. My experience here, and it's limited to just a couple of years, is that there's a pretty normal distribution of opinions. For the most part, people lie in the centrist camp, but there are outliers on the anti-Tesla and pro-Tesla sides that can be quite vocal. When you learn to parse them appropriately (or use the ignore feature, if you wish), you'll find that this is one of the more thoughtful communities around.
If you thought I was serious, you should probably take a break from this thread. Come back in a few days, would be my advice. Thank you kindly.
It can be very difficult to convey sarcasm or irony in a plain text communication. That is in part why emoticons and emojis were invented. They can be a useful aid in communicating subtext. I recommend using them judiciously, as needed.
@Topher Very OT: Is the '3 times' quoting Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark? "Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice: That alone should encourage the crew. Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice: What I tell you three times is true."