Was in an empty parking lot and seemed like the perfect opportunity to try out smart summon.
My Y was parked in reverse in a space and I was about 150 feet away. It started out smooth, driving itself forward and leaving the space. Then it had to make a left-handed U-turn to go around a small median, and a left turn towards me. However, it took the U-turn too narrow and headed right up onto the median, where there was a single tree. Before I knew it, it crashed directly into the tree, without even slowing down, and leaving an unexpectedly large dent in my front bumper and bending the hood. From where I was standing, I saw the tree, but I thought it was at least a yard clear of it on the other side of the median. Unfortunately my depth of field view was off.
Insurance said it was covered under collision (minus my deductible). But I’m feeling let down. Eight cameras, and it couldn’t detect a normal tree? I understand that I signed up for a beta, but I somehow feel like Tesla should be liable and at least take care of it.
Thoughts or recommendations on how to even tell Tesla about it? Anyone have experience with this? I think I at least took one for the team and the beta could help make smart summon better.
My Y was parked in reverse in a space and I was about 150 feet away. It started out smooth, driving itself forward and leaving the space. Then it had to make a left-handed U-turn to go around a small median, and a left turn towards me. However, it took the U-turn too narrow and headed right up onto the median, where there was a single tree. Before I knew it, it crashed directly into the tree, without even slowing down, and leaving an unexpectedly large dent in my front bumper and bending the hood. From where I was standing, I saw the tree, but I thought it was at least a yard clear of it on the other side of the median. Unfortunately my depth of field view was off.
Insurance said it was covered under collision (minus my deductible). But I’m feeling let down. Eight cameras, and it couldn’t detect a normal tree? I understand that I signed up for a beta, but I somehow feel like Tesla should be liable and at least take care of it.
Thoughts or recommendations on how to even tell Tesla about it? Anyone have experience with this? I think I at least took one for the team and the beta could help make smart summon better.