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Since the emergence of electric self-driving cars with the dawn of the era of Tesla for its owner, the famous businessman Elon Musk, talk about safety has been one of the most important and prominent strengths of this car, especially with the emphasis that the automated driver will gradually compensate the human factor, but what happened recently was horrific .
During the past hours, the media reported a terrible accident of a Tesla Model S from Tesla, which is the accident that took place in the US state of Texas, where two people were killed in this accident, both of whom were in the car, the first was in the front seat and the second in the back seat, but Initial inspections indicate that none of the car's occupants was behind the steering wheel, which supports the hypothesis that the car was powered by an autopilot.
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According to the media, it is not known the true causes of this accident, but the available information indicates the great speed may be behind it, especially after its failure to turn around, and the sources indicate that the fire resulting from the accident lasted for more than four hours continuously and was used Firefighters have more than 30,000 gallons of water to extinguish the fire, and they have contacted Tesla for advice regarding this.
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This accident is considered the first fatal accident in this way for an autonomous car, although it is not the first such accident for this type of car.
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