Elon Musk admits Tesla braking flaw 馬斯克承認特斯拉3款車型中存在制動問題

Tesla boss Elon Musk has admitted there is a braking issue in its Model 3 cars but promised a firmware (固件） update to fix it " in the next few days".

The problems were flagged up in a review of the electric car by US website Consumers Reports.

"Our testers found flaws - big flaws - such as long stopping distances in our emergency braking test and difficult-to-use controls." wrote Patrick Olsen.

Tesla had at first disputed （爭論） the findings.

The reviews said braking distances on average were 152ft(46m), adding that that " was far worse than any contemporary car （當前汽車）were tested".

In response, Tesla released a statement which read:" Teslas own testing has found braking distances with an average of 133ft when conducting（傳導，控制） the 60-0 mph stops using the 18" Michelin all season tyre（輪胎） and as low as 126ft with all tyres currently available."

But later Mr Musk tweeted that the issue would be dealt with before the end of the week.

Teslas long-awaited （期待已久的）successor to its Model S has had more than 400,000 pre-orders, making it one of the most anticipated mass-production vehicles ever.

The electric car comes with a starting price tag of $35,000 (RMB 29,600) and has been described by Mr Musk as affordable for the mass market.

It has faced repeated production and manufacturing delays and when deliveries started in July, it was for a more expensive version that included a long-range battery package which cost an extra $9,000.

Recently Mr Musk unveiled specifications for a faster and more powerful version of the Model 3 which will cost $78,000, which does not include the Autopilot driver-assist feature.

Consumer Reports stopped short of recommending the Model 3, despite describing it as an "impressive performance sedan（小轎車）".

It also criticised over-reliance（過度依賴） on touch-screen controls for everything from adjusting the mirrors to changing the direction of airflow, saying this could cause " driver distraction".

Previously another review from Car and Driver noted that there was a" a bizarre （奇怪的）amount of variation（怪異） " in the cars emergency stopping distance.

The news come as a driver was killed in a Tesla Model S, which veered off（轉向關閉） the road into a pond（池塘）.

It is not yet clear whether autonomous mode was involved in the accident, which happened near the city of San Ramon（聖拉蒙） in California on Sunday evening.

The driver was identified as 34-year-old Keith Leung.

In March, a Model X car involved to have been in Autopilot mode at the time.

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特斯拉老闆Elon Musk承認在其3款車型中存在制動問題，但承諾將在接下來的幾天內修復固件更新。

這些問題在美國網站消費者報告中對電動汽車進行了評論。

帕特里克·奧爾森寫道：「我們的測試員發現了缺陷——大的缺陷——比如在緊急制動試驗中的長距離停車和難以使用的控制。」

特斯拉一開始就懷疑這一發現。

評論說，平均制動距離為152英尺（460米），並補充說「這比我們所測試的任何當代汽車都差得多」。

作為回應，特斯拉發布了一份聲明，其中寫道：「特斯拉自己的測試發現，當使用60英里-0英里/小時的停機坪時，使用18的「米其林全季輪胎，低達126英尺，所有輪胎都是可用的」，制動距離平均為133FT。

但隨後，Musk先生推特說，這個問題將在本周末之前得到解決。

特斯拉期待已久的型號S的繼任者已經擁有超過400000個預購訂單，使其成為有史以來最受期待的量產車型之一。

這輛電動汽車的售價為35000美元（222827.5 人民幣元），Musk先生已經描述了大眾市場的價格。

它面臨著重複的生產和製造延遲，當交付在七月開始時，它是一個更昂貴的版本，其中包括一個額外的9000美元的遠程電池包。

最近，Musk先生公布了一款速度更快、功能更強大的型號3的型號，其售價為78000美元，不包括自動駕駛儀輔助功能。

儘管報告稱這是一款「令人印象深刻的性能轎車」，但消費者報告還是沒有推薦3車型。

它還批評了對觸摸屏控制的依賴，從調整鏡子到改變氣流方向，都說這會導致「司機分心」。

此前汽車和司機的另一項評論指出，汽車的緊急停車距離有一個「奇怪的變化量」。

這個消息是在一輛Tesla Model S中被撞死的。

目前尚不清楚事故發生的自主模式是否發生在星期日晚上發生在加利福尼亞聖拉蒙市附近的事故。

司機被認定為34歲的Keith Leung。

三月份，一款X型汽車參與了當時的自動駕駛模式。

Source: BBC News