Chao had previously had issues with the touchscreen shifter in her Model X.
This article originally appeared on Jalopnik. Angela Chao — billionaire sister of former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and sister-in-law of Mitch McConnell — died last month when her Tesla Model X sank in a manmade pond on her 900-acre Texas ranch. She was trapped in the car as it flooded, unable to open the unpowered doors, as friends and rescue crews tried to find a way to break in.
It is a mistake she had made before with the Tesla gearshift. The car had zipped backward, tipping over an embankment and into a pond. It was sinking fast. Could they help her? Everyone looking at the situation seems to throw some amount of blame on the Model X. Some blame the doors’ convoluted emergency opening system, while others eye the touchscreen shifter that had previously troubled Chao. One person, however, doesn’t seem to think Tesla did any wrong: Chao’s husband, Jim Breyer.
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