Author: Sean O'Kane
Tesla has published its first quarterly vehicle safety report, which CEO Elon Musk promised in May would show “exactly what Autopilot’s safety [level] is.” In it, the company says Tesla owners got into one “accident or crash-like event” every 1.92 million miles driven without Autopilot during the third quarter of this year. When drivers did use Autopilot, Tesla says, they experienced one accident or crash-like event every 3.34 million miles.
Tesla doesn’t include any more detail than that, though. It doesn’t describe any common traits between these crashes, or where and when they typically occur. The company also doesn’t offer any insight into how often its drivers disengage the system, which has become a go-to statistic in the...
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Tesla has published its first quarterly vehicle safety report, which CEO Elon Musk promised in May would show “exactly what Autopilot’s safety [level] is.” In it, the company says Tesla owners got into one “accident or crash-like event” every 1.92 million miles driven without Autopilot during the third quarter of this year. When drivers did use Autopilot, Tesla says, they experienced one accident or crash-like event every 3.34 million miles.
Tesla doesn’t include any more detail than that, though. It doesn’t describe any common traits between these crashes, or where and when they typically occur. The company also doesn’t offer any insight into how often its drivers disengage the system, which has become a go-to statistic in the...
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