On May 29, Reuters released an article that casts doubt on the safety assertions made by Tesla regarding its "Full Self-Driving" (FSD) software. Tesla has touted FSD as being ten times safer than human drivers, yet the data purportedly backing this claim is riddled with significant flaws, including erroneous comparison logic and invalid data pairings. For instance, Tesla's comparison juxtaposes the accident rate of FSD-triggered airbag deployments against the overall federal vehicle accident rate, which encompasses minor collisions. Furthermore, it overlooks the crucial fact that the average age of ordinary vehicles in the United States far exceeds that of Tesla's newer models, a factor that could significantly influence accident rates.

Employees engaged in training the FSD technology have expressed skepticism, stating that the technology is still far from achieving the capability to safely deploy autonomous vehicles on a large scale. During actual operation, FSD frequently encounters failures in fundamental tasks, such as the inability to effectively yield to emergency vehicles, failure to halt promptly when school buses are picking up or dropping off students, and instances of dangerous behavior like colliding with animals, speeding, and nearly endangering pedestrians on the road.

Moreover, the "fully autonomous" performance touted by Tesla's autonomous taxi pilot project is heavily reliant on manual intervention, undermining the claim of true driverless operation.