'Cattelan's spaghetti-monster decorated/wrapped i3 EVcalled a "Spaghetti
Car" &not-Art
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/4bdd2c9c67ad139dbbd9d6b72896be07/204043241/P90225440_highRes_bmw-i3-maurizo-catte.jpg


http://jalopnik.com/art-dealer-claims-autopilot-was-on-in-high-speed-tesla-1783192587
Art Dealer Claims Autopilot Was On In High Speed Tesla Model X Rollover
Crash
Jul 6, 2016  Raphael Orlove

One day after the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration
announced the May fatal crash of Joshua Brown in a Tesla in Autopilot mode,
a Michigan art dealer says Autopilot was engaged when he crashed and rolled
across the Pennsylvania Turnpike in his Tesla Model X.

Albert Scaglione, possibly the most prolific art dealer in the world, was
involved in the crash last Friday. He survived, the Detroit Free Press
reports, though it makes no mention of any injuries to Scaglione or his
son-in-law riding with him.

Scaglione, who turned 77 just three days after the crash, hit a guardrail
around mile marker 160 going east on the turnpike around 5 p.m., swung
across the highway, hit a concrete barrier, then rolled.

But there is as of yet no official confirmation from Tesla about Scaglione,
who survived his incident, as the Free Press reports.

    The Free Press was not able to reach Scaglione, owner of Park West
Gallery, or Yanke, but Dale Vukovich of the Pennsylvania State Police, who
responded to the crash, said Scaglione told him that he had activated the
Autopilot feature.

The crash is currently under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police.
An officer told the newspaper he would likely cite Scaglione, but declined
to say for what.

Brown’s fatal crash, which happened in May but was only made public
recently, also remains under investigation by NHTSA. His crash death was the
first documented one in a semi-autonomous vehicle, although police and a
witness believe Brown may have been watching a Harry Potter film on a
portable DVD player at the time of the wreck.

UPDATE: a Tesla spokesperson told Jalopnik that there is “no data to suggest
that Autopilot was engaged at the time of the incident.” Here’s their full
statement:

    We have no data to suggest that Autopilot was engaged at the time of the
incident. Anytime there is a significant accident, Tesla receives a crash
detection alert. As is our practice with all collisions, we immediately
reached out to the customer to make sure he was safe. Until the customer
responds, we are unable to further investigate.
[© jalopnik.com]



http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/car-technology/news/a29847/tesla-autopilot-blamed-in-model-x-rollover-crash/
Tesla Autopilot Blamed in Model X Rollover Crash
Jul 6, 2016  Bob Sorokanich

A 77-year-old driver says Autopilot was engaged when his Model X crashed on
a Pennsylvania highway. No injuries were reported.​

Just one day after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
launched an investigation into a fatal Tesla crash that occurred while
Autopilot was engaged, the semi-autonomous software is being implicated in a
second high-speed crash. Thankfully, no injuries have been reported.

The Detroit Free Press reports that art dealer Albert Scaglione, 77, was
driving with his son-in-law on the eastbound side of the Pennsylvania
Turnpike about 107 miles east of Pittsburg when his Tesla Model X electric
SUV struck a right-side guardrail, ricocheted into the center concrete
barrier, then rolled over onto its roof.
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According to Dale Vukovich of the Pennsylvania State Police, who responded
to the crash, Scaglione said he had Autopilot engaged when the accident
occurred.

Vukovich told the Free Press that he plans on citing Scaglione for the
crash, though he did not specify the offense.

While it's unclear what role, if any, Autopilot played in the Pennsylvania
crash, it comes at a bad time for Tesla. The automaker is facing increased
scrutiny over the rollout of its semi-autonomous Autopilot feature, after it
was revealed last week that a driver killed in a Tesla accident in May was
apparently using Autopilot at the time of the crash.
[© 2016 Hearst Communications]




[i3 Art related]
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/07/06/bmw-spaghetti-not-art-car-maurizio-cattelan/
BMW says this isn't an Art Car, and we fully agree
The wrapped electric car was created for the Recontres d'Arles photography
exhibition in Arles, France. They're calling it a "Spaghetti Car." Uh huh.
...
http://pagesix.com/2016/07/04/artist-maurizio-cattelan-creates-a-spaghetti-car/
 . . .  The artist jokingly said of his pasta-inspired BMW i3: “This is by
far the best spaghetti car I have tasted . . . 




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