美國政府設事故迴應最終期限 特斯拉或遭1.05億罰款
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is giving Tesla until Aug. 26 to fully answer questions about the fatal crash of one of its 2015 Model S cars that was operating with its automated driving system activated.
美國國家公路交通安全管理局日前要求特斯拉在8月26日前回答關於2015款Model S自動駕駛車輛致死事故的所有問題。The agency said it is examining the performance of the automatic emergency braking system used by Tesla that is designed to prevent collisions such as the one that killed Joshua Brown of Ohio in a crash in Florida on May 7.
據NHTSA表示，他們正在檢測特斯拉爲阻止碰撞事故發生而設計的自動緊急制動系統的性能。就在今年5月7日，在佛羅里達州發生的一起事故中，來自俄亥俄州的駕駛員約書亞·布朗因此喪命。
Federal regulators say preliminary reports show the Tesla crash happened when a semi-trailer rig turned left in front of the car that was in Autopilot mode at a highway intersection. Florida police said the roof of the car struck the underside of the trailer and the car passed beneath. The driver was dead at the scene.
聯邦監管機構表示，根據初步調查報告顯示，在一個十字路口，一輛半拖掛車在開啓了Autopilot模式的Model S前左轉。佛羅里達警方稱，這導致了Model S從卡車底部穿越，駕駛員當場死亡。
"Neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor-trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the brake was not applied," Tesla said in a blog posting June 30.
特斯拉6月30日在其博客上指出："由於強烈的日照因素，Autopilot和司機都未發現這輛貨車，也就沒有及時剎車。"NHTSA said in its letter to Tesla, dated July 8, that it is looking for information on all systems designed to provide automatic emergency braking that's intended to prevent front-end crashes. In a statement provided to The Detroit News, the agency said, "NHTSA has not made any determination about the presence or absence of a defect in the subject vehicles."
NHTSA在7月8日向特斯拉發送的一封信函中稱，正在查找與阻止前向碰撞相關的自動緊急制動系統相關的所有信息。該機構在一份聲明中向《底特律新聞》指出，"NHTSA尚未確定事故發生的車輛是否存在缺陷。"The agency is requiring Tesla to respond to 10 questions about the deadly crash. NHTSA has set a deadline of July 29 for Tesla to respond to its highest priority questions about the fatal Florida crash. The company will be given until Aug. 26 for Tesla to comply with the remainder of the queries. Tesla faces penalties up to $21,000 per day, with a maximum of $105 million, if it fails to meet NHTSA's deadlines for responding to the questions about the autopilot crash.
NHTSA要求特斯拉回答關於Model X致死事故的十個問題。在7月29日前對上述事故最重要的問題進行迴應，在8月26日前回答其餘的問題。如果後者未在限定時間內迴應Autopilot碰撞事故的相關信息，將被處以每天21,000美元的罰款，罰款上限爲1.05億美元。The Wall Street Journal reported Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during an interview the company has no plans to disable the company's Autopilot function in the wake of the May crash. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Detroit News about the highway safety agency's information request.
據《華爾街日報》報道，特斯拉CEO埃隆·馬斯克表示，不會因5月份的事故而禁用Autopilot功能。此外，特斯拉方面也未立即就《底特律新聞》關於NHTSA最終期限的報道發表評論。
