Tesla says China car travelling at nearly 120km/h before crash


A Tesla electric vehicle (EV) drives past a crossing in Shanghai, China. The Model 3 car being driven by Zhang’s father at the time was travelling at 118.5kmph just before impact and slowed to around 48.5kmph after the brakes were applied, according to a local media report. — Reuters

Tesla Inc has released the data logs of a car that crashed in China to the woman who garnered global headlines after she staged a protest at this week’s Shanghai Auto Show claiming the vehicle’s brakes had failed.

The Model 3 car, which was being driven by Zhang Yazhou’s father at the time, was travelling at 118.5 kilometers an hour (74 miles per hour) just before impact and slowed to around 48.5 kilometers an hour after the brakes were applied, according to a local media report. The data also showed that the driver braked more than 40 times in the half-hour before the crash, and at multiple points the vehicle was travelling at more than 100 kilometers per hour.

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