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Tesla On Autopilot Doing 82 MPH Pulled Over For Driver Sleeping At The Wheel

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There’s no denying that Tesla’s Autopilot system is an impressive technology, but it still requires the driver to be behind the wheel and alert at all times. Unfortunately, this is another case where that didn’t happen.

Kenosha County deputy David Gomez received a call early Sunday morning to look out for a Tesla Model 3 traveling down the highway with what appeared to be a sleeping driver in it. He found the vehicle, clocked it going 82 mph (131 km/h), and proceeded to pursue it.

Read More: California’s DMV Investigating Tesla Over Potentially Misleading Full-Self Driving Option

Gomez followed the car for over two miles, all the while changing the tone and pitch of his siren. It wasn’t until he came alongside the Tesla for the second time that its driver woke up and pulled off to the side of the road.

The officer then spoke to the 38-year-old driver, who said he was on his way to his job at FedEx. He claimed he wasn’t sleeping, and cited the fact that Autopilot periodically requires drivers to place their hands on the steering wheel.

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However, according to Gomez, this was not the first time this incident has been reported. Two other attempts to pull over a car with this registration had been made before, both with the driver’s head was down and they were seemingly asleep while the vehicle continued to travel on its own.

See Also: Police Arrest 25-Year-Old Sitting In The Backseat Of Tesla With Autopilot Enabled

Interestingly, the driver didn’t receive any tickets for speeding, but a $187 citation for inattentive driving. However, the Model 3 was towed as Gomez felt it wasn’t safe for the 38-year-old to get behind the wheel again.

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Tesla’s Sentry Mode Captures Another Thief On Video

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People breaking into cars is nothing new, and Teslas are no exception. A few days ago, another such incident happened near Houston, where someone broke into what’s thought to be a Model 3. And while the Tesla’s owner certainly won’t be happy, the whole ordeal was fortunately captured on camera by the car’s Sentry Mode.

The owner had just pulled up to Razzoo’s Cajun Cafe in Spring, Texas when he noticed a suspicious vehicle slowly roll past him. It turns out his suspicions were correct, because when he came back out of the restaurant, his car had been broken into and multiple personal belongings were missing.

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The cameras all around the vehicle did a good job of capturing the entire incident, getting both the thief’s face and license plate on video. After he pulls away, we can see a person returning to the parking lot shocked by the broken window in the Tesla. We believe that’s the car’s owner or possibly someone who felt compelled to call the police after seeing the damage.

Regardless, if they haven’t already, it’s very likely the police have a sufficient  amount of evidence to apprehend the thief. While the license plate on his Lincoln MKZ was a temporary, and likely won’t be of much help in tracking him down, the clear shot of the criminal’s face should be a useful asset to law enforcement agencies.

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Tesla Model S Performance Can’t Keep Up With Porsche’s Taycan Turbo S

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Next year, the Tesla Model S ‘Plaid’ will start to reach the hands of customers but for now, it is the Porsche Taycan Turbo S that’s proven itself to be the most accelerative electric sedan currently on sale.

In what is the most comprehensive test between the flagship Model S Performance and the Taycan Turbo S to date, DragTimes headed out to the quarter-mile to put the duo through their paces. The results were close but it was the Porsche that claimed victory.

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During the first run, the Porsche leaps out of the box slightly quicker than the Tesla and is able to stretch out its lead as the two EVs run down the quarter-mile. In the second race, the driver of the Tesla jumped the start and ran a 10.563 quarter-mile, still behind the Porsche that recorded a 10.393-second quarter-mile. The third and final race almost perfectly mimicked the first race as it was the Porsche that got the better launch and stretched out a commanding lead.

To ensure the two were evenly matched, both were brought to the drag strip on trucks and each had 100 per cent charge before the first race.

According to the YouTuber, the Porsche recorded a best 0-60 mph (96 km/h) time of 2.35 seconds while the Model S Performance recorded a best time of 2.34 seconds. However, thanks to the two-speed transmission of the Taycan Turbo S, it proves to be too much as the speeds increased. The Porsche is also said to have performed more consistently throughout the day of filming.

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Ferrari F8 Tributo Wants To Show Tesla Model S Performance ICE V8s Are Very Much Alive

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Electric vehicles are hard to beat off the line, but if you own a combustion engined car with enough power and a long enough stretch of road to race on, it is possible to out-accelerate the quickest EV on sale: the Tesla Model S Performance with Cheetah Mode.

This clip comes from YouTuber DragTimes and shows three races down the quarter-mile between a Model S Performance and a Ferrari F8 Tributo. The races are competitive, but it is the Ferrari that has the advantage in all of them.

Off the line, the Tesla is too much for the Ferrari to handle, not that this is much of a surprise. In fact, the Tesla was able to hit 60 mph (96 km/h) in a mere 2.31 seconds during one of the three drag races, a time that’s simply impossible for the F8 Tributo to match.

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However, as the speeds start to increase, the 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 of the Ferrari proves to be too much for the Tesla, and it passes the Model S roughly halfway down the drag strip in each of the three races. As you’d expect, it also sounds far better than the near-silent electric saloon during these races.

On the night of testing, the Ferrari was averaging quarter-mile times in the 10.2-second range, while the Model S was hovering around the 10.5-second mark.

The F8 Tributo is the fastest mid-engined model in Ferrari’s U.S. range but soon, the first customer deliveries of the SF90 Stradale will commence and, thanks to its hybrid powertrain putting out 986 HP, it should be noticeably faster. As for Tesla, the tri-motor Model S Plaid is also just around the corner and promises to redefine straight-line performance for a production car.

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Tesla Model S On Autopilot Crashes Into Dodge Police Car, Driver Admits To Watching A Movie

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The driver of a Tesla Model S has admitted to watching a movie earlier in the week when the EV was in Autopilot mode and slammed into the rear of a Dodge Charger patrol car in Nash County, North Carolina.

It is reported that the incident happened at just past midnight on August 26. A Nash County police car was parked on the side of Highway 64 as a deputy and trooper were attending a previous crash when the Tesla slammed into the rear of the cruiser.

CBS 17 reports that the force of the impact pushed the trooper and deputy to the ground, but they avoided injury. The crash caused significant damage to both the Tesla and the Dodge.

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Speaking with authorities after the incident, the driver of the Tesla, identified as Devainder Goli, revealed that he had been watching a movie on his phone while the car was operating in Autopilot mode.

“It was a simple lane closure and then suddenly death was at our footsteps,” Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone said. “It shows automation is never going to take the place of the motoring public paying attention, not texting, not being on the phone, but focusing on what you were doing, that is, driving.”

Goli has been charged with a move over violation and ‘location of television in vehicle.’

Footage taken from the scene shows that the front of the Tesla was destroyed in the crash, while the rear-end of the Dodge Charger was wrecked and one of the wheels was ripped off.

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