95 Tesla deaths have involved fires or Autopilot. How the EV maker fares in fatalities per million miles.::Tesla deaths from fires and Autopilot make up 24% of the fatalities in crashes. Learn about the death rates per million miles and vs other cars.

  • @[email protected]
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    51 year ago

    In the fourth quarter of 2022, Tesla said its cars using Autopilot recorded were involved in one crash per every 4.85 million miles — or 0.2 crashes per million miles. That’s compared with around 0.7 crashes per million miles for Teslas not using Autopilot, and a US average of 1.5 crashes per million miles. The company has not released any figures for deaths per million miles, or the total number of miles driven, which would be needed to calculate that figure.

    • @ghariksforge
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      41 year ago

      Why do we trust Tesla’s figures? Elon is a pathological liar.

      Independently collected evidence that does not rely on Tesla shows that Tesla’s are not safe.

      • @bluekieran
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        21 year ago

        He doesn’t need to lie when he can just choose what to release - if they’re not releasing deaths per million miles, it’s because the numbers aren’t as favourable.

      • @weinermeat
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        21 year ago

        This is FUD. You must pay attention at all times when using Autopilot, the car begs you to do so. Not paying attention is equivalent to setting cruise control in any other vehicle and closing your eyes.

        • @ghariksforge
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          41 year ago

          Tesla runs ads saying that their cars drive itself and they don’t need a driver.

        • @[email protected]
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          1 year ago

          While it’s always easy to blame irresponsible drivers, when you market your product as “full self driving”, the behavioral consequences of that decision are obvious, and yes, you share in the blame for the carnage you helped create.

          • @weinermeat
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            21 year ago

            Autopilot is not FSD. I agree the advertising of FSD is poor, but the FSD you’re thinking of is in beta, opt-in only, and also tries to force you to pay attention.