Tesla's first safety report claims drivers on Autopilot are safer, but lacks detail
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Tesla has released its first Autopilot safety report on Thursday, following promises from CEO Elon Musk in May that the company would do so quarterly after highly-publicised crashes involving its cars.
The one-page report claims that in the third quarter of 2018, there has been one accident or crash-like event for every 3.34 million miles for Tesla cars driven with Autopilot.
Without Autopilot engaged, Tesla registered one accident or crash-like event for every 1.92 million miles driven.
Tesla compared their findings to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, whose latest data shows "an automobile crash every 492,000 miles," — this doesn't include near-misses that Tesla has recorded in its report. Read more...
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Tesla's first safety report claims drivers on Autopilot are safer, but lacks detail
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