Omar WasowDec 27, 2022
“Tesla Autopilot crash numbers are far higher than those of similar driver-assistance systems from GM and Ford. To be comparable with Ford’s rate, Tesla ought to have a NHTSA-reported crash total of 70 since last summer. Instead Tesla reported 516 crashes.”https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-12-27/tesla-stopped-reporting-autopilot-safety-statistics-online
Tesla stopped reporting its Autopilot safety numbers online. Why?

Around the same time that Tesla stopped self-reporting Autopilot safety stats, its crash rates were soaring far higher than those of its competitors.

Los Angeles Times
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@owasow Tesla's buyers/users may be part of the problem, but it's also in how the feature is described and marketed.

GM and Ford have "driver assistance".

Teslas have "autopilot".

Those terms do *not* mean the same thing to a reasonable (but nontechnical) person, and many people totally think that Tesla's Autopilot is different and inherently more capable, because it's marketed so much less cautiously. Even the UI contributes.

Just the term 'Autopilot' writes a check #Tesla can't cash.

Dec 28, 2022 at 5:25amWeb