Tesla Enhances Reporting of FSD Safety Data, Yet Experts Deem Figures Deceptive
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Recently, Tesla has established a dedicated section on its official website to publicly showcase safety statistics for its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) systems. This move aims to transcend the constraints of its prior practice, which involved only quarterly safety report releases. These previous reports had drawn frequent criticism for their inability to genuinely mirror traffic accident scenarios, and the company is now striving for heightened openness and transparency. Tesla asserts that in North America, on average, vehicle owners utilizing the FSD system (with driver oversight) cover approximately 5 million miles before encountering a major collision. The interval for minor collisions is also around 1.5 million miles, surpassing the performance of the average U.S. driver, who experiences a major accident every 699,000 miles and a minor accident every 229,000 miles. However, safety experts contend that Tesla's enhancements remain inadequate and raise concerns about the deceptive nature of its data. Noah Goodall, a specialist in highway and autonomous driving research, expressed a lack of confidence in Tesla's data. Philip Koopman, an autonomous driving expert at Carnegie Mellon University, also highlighted numerous flaws in the report, including skewed comparison logic and a failure to disclose casualty figures. He argued that what Tesla has released constitutes marketing propaganda rather than rigorous safety analysis. In the absence of independent third-party data and transparent casualty information, Tesla's safety data continues to fall short of convincing both experts and users.