Tesla denies brake system failure after runaway Model Y kills two people in China

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Tesla denies brake system failure after runaway Model Y kills two people in ChinaElon Musk’s company said that security camera footage proved the brake lights were not on during the accident, in which three other people were injuredA Tesla Model Y lost control in the streets of Chaozhou, in China’s Guangdong province, colliding with a motorcyclist and a student riding a bicycle, both of whom died in the accident.The footage shows the car, a medium-sized SUV, accelerating suddenly as it was being parked and driving at full speed for a distance of 2.6 kilometers (1.6 miles).The electric car maker, which is the flagship company of tycoon and Twitter owner Elon Musk, said in a statement that the brakes on the Model Y did not fail.The same sources cited members of the driver’s family, who said he had been complaining for some time about issues with the car’s braking system.In July, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it was opening an investigation into a fatal crash in California in which a motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a 2021 Tesla Model Y. Reuters reported that the NHTSA has probed 37 accidents involving Tesla vehicles since 2016, with a total of 18 fatalities recorded in those accidents."

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