Crashes have surged in the past four years, reflecting the hazards associated with increasingly widespread use of Tesla’s futuristic driver-assistance tech.
Source: 17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla’s Autopilot
“Since the reporting requirements were introduced, the vast majority of the 807 automation-related crashes have involved Tesla, the data show. Tesla — which has experimented more aggressively with automation than other automakers — also is linked to almost all of the deaths.”
“A significantly higher number certainly is a cause for concern,” he said. “We need to understand if it’s due to actually worse crashes or if there’s some other factor such as a dramatically larger number of miles being driven with Autopilot on.”
notable that this data was collected by NIHS?? by reports from mfgs doing autopilot (not sure if thiungs like automatic cruise or lane following, or all the way to what telsa is advertising fsd and such; NIHS made this a requirment ~1 year ago:
also, funny that tesla insurance costs more if your use fsd? see ~10m mark of the above.
good video overall
