VIDEO: Black Ice Proves No Match For An Autopiloted Model 3

In an incident caught on video, a Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot drove on some ice and slid out-of-control, but the owner claims that the driver assist system regained control of the vehicle by itself and brought it back into a lane.

Driver assist systems to prevent a vehicle from going out of control is nothing new.

Vehicles have traction and stability control for years, but a Model 3 owner in Quebec claims that Tesla’s Autopilot did a lot more than that.

PUGPROUD - 1/8/2019 5:53:38 AM

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Slip sliding away...Slip sliding away...The nearer you get to heaven you keep slip sliding away!

Car4life1 - 1/8/2019 10:47:03 AM

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Right, the real hero is the Kia station wagon directly in front, showing the model 3 how stability looks for a fraction of the price LOL

MDarringer - 1/8/2019 8:08:04 AM

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I'm not convinced. It feels rigged.

zlives - 1/8/2019 7:10:57 PM

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totally agree, the Kia autopilot is definitely rigged.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 1/8/2019 9:10:12 AM

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This is not a video about ice or black ice. Maybe it is about hydroplaning but the slush in that lane did not look too bad. It is the law to use winter tires in Quebec. The Model 3 is a heavy little car. It should have just plowed through. I am with MD- I think it is suspicious or fake.

mpls - 1/8/2019 10:22:29 AM

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If that is auto pilot, it should not be driving...!!!
Look how it drove and slid out so wide, if there were more cars around it would have caused an accident for sure, sliding like that it means it driving too fast for the condition of the road. or the sesors re actually no that great on the tesla and applying un appropriate power to the wheels.

vdiv - 1/8/2019 10:24:29 AM

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Kind of agree, this video looks rather fishy. Why would an AWD vehicle suddenly fishtail like that while going at a constant speed on a slushy road? Under cruise conditions the Model 3 would use the front motor, was this a RWD Model 3? Was this a Model 3 at all, how can you tell? Why was that fake clock inserted during editing?

SanJoseDriver - 1/13/2019 1:11:29 AM

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Sensors are redundant, you can actually cover some of the cameras and AP will still work. Thankfully I never had a situation like the video, but I have hadthe Model 3 swerve out of the way when someone to my right tried to change lanes without turning their damn head to see if there was a car next to them. That was the closest call I've had on AP.

mre30 - 1/8/2019 11:55:51 AM

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I am pretty sure that the 'sensors' shut themselves down if they start getting blocked by dirt, slush, snow, or ice.

This video is a fraud.

vdiv - 1/8/2019 12:26:50 PM

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Yaw sensors and accelerometers used for stability control are not affected by the elements. As the video shows neither was the camera. The hall effect wheel rotation/ABS sensors likely worked fine. Radar and ultrasonics did not have much of a role in this scenario.

valhallakey - 1/8/2019 2:29:39 PM

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Interesting but agree on why it started sliding in the first place? We drive on roads like this all the time and rarely do you see something like that happen except perhaps with some aggressive drivers up here from places like Texas. Maybe the Tesla had the Texas driving style auto-pilot on.

ricks0me - 1/8/2019 4:50:41 PM

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Fake News Makes It's Way To AutoSpies. Who Should Be Worried?

qwertyfla1 - 1/9/2019 7:20:14 AM

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You guys are always so unfairly negative on Tesla. The car was probably just trying to avoid a fallen off bumper from another Teasla as they were all trying to search for that elusive $35K Model 3 in La Belle Province...