Two Teslas crash into the same tree

[Rider668]

An amazing story from the UK where a large tree was blown down right across a road and was then hit by two cars travelling in opposite directions.
Coincidentally both cars were Model Xs (!) and the drivers were full of praise for the way their cars protected them from injury, with the automatic emergency braking activating.https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/1...ky-escape-tree-crashes-onto-tesla-car-dorset/
Storm Dennis: 'Miracle' escape for families thanks to Tesla automatic braking as giant tree crushes two cars

Good stuff!

 

[lynnpt2001]

How come this didn't make national news and posted on the media 24/7? I know why they lived because of Autopilot

 

[pilotSteve]

Elon tweeted this yesterday. Quite the saves - two at once - thanks to automatic emergency braking.

 

[exxer]

Tesla Marketing team, bravo.

 

[BigMskiman]

How come this didn't make national news and posted on the media 24/7? I know why they lived because of Autopilot

It was on my Google news soon after, but really great for those drivers who may have had no chance otherwise. And great for the TMC brand.

 

[dethman]

How come this didn't make national news and posted on the media 24/7? I know why they lived because of Autopilot

it wasn't autopilot it was automatic emergency braking (AEB). different systems.