Key Takeaways Tesla’s Q3 2025 Safety Report shows Autopilot technology is nine times safer than the national average. One crash was recorded every 6.36 million miles with Autopilot, compared to one crash every 702,000 miles nationally. Tesla’s previous report for Q3 2024 recorded one crash every 7 million miles, showing a slight decline in safety…
Key Takeaways Tesla’s Q4 2024 report indicates a crash for every 5.94 million miles with Autopilot engaged. Non-Autopilot vehicles recorded a crash every 1.08 million miles. The NHTSA reports a crash rate of one in every 702,000 miles for all US vehicles. Safety reports show a decrease in crash rates from Q3 to Q4 2024…
🚗 Tesla emphasizes educating drivers about basic Autopilot’s proper use and limitations. 🔍 The tutorial video on Tesla’s YouTube channel discusses Traffic-Aware Cruise Control (TACC) and Autosteer (Beta) features comprehensively. ⚠️ Tesla clarifies that basic Autopilot does not make vehicles autonomous and requires a fully attentive driver. 📹 The tutorial aims to reduce misuse of…
Key Points 🚗 Recall Overview: Tesla is recalling over two million vehicles due to an Autopilot fault, as highlighted by the NHTSA’s Safety Recall Report. 📡 OTA Software Update: The recall will be fully addressed through a free over-the-air (OTA) software update, demonstrating Tesla’s commitment to resolving the issue remotely. 🧐 Autopilot Issue Details: The…
📰 Tesla responded sternly to a Washington Post article alleging Autopilot dangers and irresponsibility in deployment. 🌐 The Washington Post claimed that Autopilot contributed to about 40 fatal or serious crashes, with eight occurring in areas not designed for Autopilot use. 🚗 Tesla countered, emphasizing its commitment to safety and the positive impact of Autopilot…
Tesla closed its application for the Vehicle Operator (Test Driver) position in Australia. Tesla’s vehicle operator listing on its career page has been taken down. Tesla has also listed the job’s post on LinkedIn as “no longer accepting applications.” Tesla posted a job position for vehicle operators to test its Autopilot system. The entry-level job requires the…
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed on Wednesday that their investigation into an April 2021 fatal crash involving a Tesla Model S found no indications that the vehicle was operating on Autopilot at the time of the incident. Instead, the probable cause of the crash was determined to be the driver’s excessive speed, alcohol…
A Tesla driver involved in an accident in California over two years ago is now being formally charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter. Investigations from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration following the accident stated Tesla Autopilot was in use, and the agency confirmed to us that it would release findings soon. On December…
In Q4 2021, Tesla recorded one crash for every 4.31 million miles driven with Autopilot engaged, as per the company’s recently-released Safety Report. Tesla also recorded one crash for every 1.59 million miles when Autopilot was not engaged. Based on Tesla’s report, there is a significant difference between the results when Autopilot was activated and…
Five Texas law enforcement officers are suing Tesla for monetary relief of over $1,000,000 after a Tesla Model X collided into the cops and their vehicles. The driver operating the Tesla Model X was inebriated at the time, based on the police report. On February 27, 2021, a Tesla Model X, reportedly with Autopilot engaged,…