One thing in particular sticks out as concerning: the fire service did not know how to deal with the fire.
That’s not something specific to Tesla, Tesla does not make all battery powered cars, the fire service should know how to suppress electrical fires.
I've also heard it uses the seat sensor to do the same. Unless they've found a way to bypass multiple safety features, then the car wasn't in autopilot.
Not sure where endangering other people comes in. If there was someone standing on the shoulder of the highway it would avoid them obviously.
Of course the human who is actually driving can re-apply power at any time.
The car will not pull over unless you leave it in the full-on alarm state for a significant amount of time. The alarm is pretty loud. It’s not a state a driver would leave the car in unless they were incapacitated or doing it intentionally.
Breaking hard for no apparent reason is dangerous, slowing down slowly to a stop is not.
I would guess the fire crews that responded were not equipped with this type of extinguisher.
To put out a Tesla fire, you just use water. Lots and lots of water. Which is exactly what these guys did.
This would only be possible if they were using the autopilot feature.
> the fire service did not know how to deal with the fire.
Tesla's advice is "let it burn":
> Tesla’s guidance suggests it’s better to let the fire burn out than continuing to try to put it out.
I thought autopilot had a safety feature to prevent no-driver operation, though there is a “SmartSummon” feature intended for parking lots which does not (but requires continuous press of a fob button.) So, there’s no way this should be possible, absent a major malfunction to even allow self-driving in the reported condition.