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A Tesla vehicle using 'Smart Summon' appears to crash into a $3.5
million private jet

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More money, more problems

By Andrew J. Hawkins@andyjayhawk Apr 22, 2022, 3:03pm EDT

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A video was posted on Reddit Thursday that appears to show a Tesla
vehicle slowly crashing into a $3.5 million private jet after being
"summoned" by its owner using the automaker's automatic parking
feature.

The Reddit user (who did not immediately respond to a request for
comment) said the incident took place at an event sponsored by
aircraft manufacturer Cirrus at Felts Field in Spokane, Washington.

`Tesla meets $3.5 million private jet'

The smartphone video appears to capture security camera footage of
the Tesla slowly crashing into and then actually pushing the Cirrus
Vision Jet across the tarmac. A spokesperson for Felts Field also did
not respond to a request for comment.

    Someone just crashed into a Vision Jet!!! from flying

According to the poster, the Tesla owner was using the "Smart Summon"
feature that enables a Tesla vehicle to leave a parking space and
navigate around obstacles to its owner. Using just the Tesla app on
your smartphone, you can "summon" your car to you from a maximum
distance of 200 feet, as long as the car is within your line of
sight.

The Reddit user said they also own a Tesla Model Y but were not the
"poor soul (with poor decision making abilities) who summoned his
Tesla around several expensive aircraft - only to crash it into the
most expensive one ($3,500,000)!"

Smart Summon was first rolled out in 2019, and Tesla owners
immediately began posting videos of near-crashes or confused,
slow-moving vehicles. One Tesla owner tweeted about "front bumper
damage" while another claimed their Model 3 "ran into the side of [a]
garage."

A video of a near-collision with a speeding SUV left the owner
feeling their test of Smart Summon "didn't go so well." Another Tesla
was filmed by pedestrians and people in other cars seeming confused
as it tried to make its way across a Walmart parking lot.

A newer version of the feature enables owners to summon their Tesla
vehicles from further away and can navigate more complex parking
environments, according to Electrek. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has
described Smart Summon as the company's "most viral feature ever."

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