The CEO of a tech startup was left “literally shaking” when his self-driving Tesla veered onto mild rail tracks in Santa Monica simply as a practice started barreling down on the EV, footage exhibits.
Jesse Lyu, who based AI-powered {hardware} firm Rabbit, posted the alarming video to X Thursday, and claimed he needed to blow by way of a purple mild to “save my life.”
“It’s just f–king crazy,” he stated within the video, because the automobile continues handed the totally different practice cease’s platforms.
“I’ve got nowhere to go,” Lyu continued within the clip, which has been considered over 720,000 occasions.
“And, you can tell from behind … the train’s right here” as his rear dashcam exhibits the oncoming practice stopped a few block from his automobile.
It was the primary time Lyu — left “literally shaking” — has had an issue with the automobile’s self-driving operate.
“This time, this one time that scared the s–t out of me. That’s crazy,” he stated.
Lyu stated he was pressured to show off the automobile’s “Autopilot” and ran a purple mild on the nearest intersection to get out of the practice’s path.
“I’m just trying to share this video to Tesla and the team,” he stated.
“This is a serious problem, and regardless how a human reacts, the autopilot algorithm should never put any of their vehicles onto the train track. That’s just fundamentally wrong.”
Tesla didn’t reply to requests for remark.
