Tesla is getting better about reporting FSD crash data — but the numbers are still misleading
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Tesla launched a new website for reporting Autopilot and FSD safety data, aiming to improve transparency. However, experts criticize it as insufficient and misleading, with high stakes for trust in self-driving tech.
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Last week, Tesla revealed a new section of its website dedicated to reporting safety statistics for its advanced driver assist systems, Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD).
The new hub appears to be an attempt to move beyond the company's traditional quarterly safety reports, which have been criticized for failing to account for basic facts about traffic statistics, and toward something more verifiable and reliable. And given that Tesla's future relies on people trusting its self-driving technology, the stakes couldn't be higher.
But safety experts say the updated report is too little, too late.
"Yeah on the surface it looks like FSD …