When shaving for Tesla Model 3 in ‘Moose test’ in Sweden
Driving on motorways in the dark can be a nightmare for drivers, especially when driving through a dense forest area, where there is a risk of animals coming in front of the vehicle. A driver of a Tesla Model 3 electric sedan in Sweden had exactly that kind of experience when the car shaved close on a desolate highway.
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The driver of the Tesla model was lucky enough to avoid hitting a moose when driving at night. The instrument camera images from the electric compact sedan show that the car is driving along the motorway with the automatic high beam activated. About 11 seconds into the video, a massive moose is seen walking across the opposite side of the road and on its way to the driver.
Suddenly the automatic headlight of the Tesla Model 3 is turned off and for a second the moose disappears into the darkness. When the headlights are on again, the moose can be seen jumping over the center divider and running directly into the path of the Model 3. The driver of the Tesla could then brake and turn right to the right time to avoid hitting the animal.
The video shows not only how the driver of the electric sedan had a close impact but also how the Tesla car’s automatic headlights worked. The reason why the car’s automatic headlights were temporarily switched off was probably because the car’s on-board system thought it was a car approaching from the opposite direction when the light from the reflectors fell on the motorway.
The automatic headlight in the Tesla Model 3 can be easily switched off manually from the car’s infotainment system with a touch screen that controls a large number of functions in the vehicle. But the vehicle shows how easily the system can be cheated, without any manual intervention.
Automatic high beam is a feature found in many other modern cars, not only in Tesla Model 3. It is also the problem not only with Tesla Model 3, but also with several other modern cars, because the automatic high beam fails to work as advertised by car manufacturers and is often too late to react to the oncoming vehicles.