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Montreal-area Tesla owner frustrated after accident using driving app

A Montreal-area man’s Tesla Model 3 collided with another vehicle in a parking lot at the Fairview Pointe-Claire shopping mall west of Montreal on April 10 after he tried to retrieve his car while outside of his vehicle using an autonomous driving feature called Smart Summon. This function allows users to have their car drive to them using the Tesla application on their smartphone.

“I put the pin on the map on the app and was requesting the car to come to me. Now when I pressed the ‘go to target’ button and held it, I noticed that the car immediately turned right instead of going straight before turning right, which put it at a sharp angle leading to hitting another vehicle,” explained George Ghazzoul, a Montreal-area Tesla Model 3 owner, adding, “now as soon as I noticed that, I took my finger off as it was starting to move forward, but unfortunately it didn’t respond in time. It continued to creep forward and it caused damage to both my vehicle and the vehicle that was parked next to it.”

https://montreal.citynews.ca/2024/04/25/montreal-area-man-frustrated-tesla-driving-app/