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Last week, Tesla reported during the first quarter of 2020 (here is our detailed analysis of the report itself and the conference call with investors). Over the weekend, an interesting addition appeared to our previous material on the autopilot system and the safety of Tesla cars in general.
Remember that since 2018, Tesla has been releasing special quarterly reports on the safety of its vehicles, which contain relevant statistics, on how often a company’s auto-pilot cars ignite in accidents, as well as data on fire incidents. A new report of this type allows you to find updated statistics for the first quarter of this year.
So in the first quarter of 2020, Tesla recorded one autopilot ignition accident for every 7.53 million kilometers. By way of comparison: A year ago, Tesla cars with autopilot on had accidents much more frequently: one accident occurred for every 4.94 million kilometers. In other words, during the year, the indicator improved one and a half times.
Among cars without autopilot, but with active safety features, the figure was one accident for 3.2 million km, and drivers of Tesla cars, where autopilot and active safety features are not used at all, had accidents on average every 2.29 million km. mileage, meaning significantly more often.
Separately, Tesla cites NHTSA statistics that, on average, one accident occurs in the United States for every 770,875 kilometers. But comparing the overall statistics of car accidents in the country with the Tesla statistics is not very correct.
Regarding the issue of ignition, the Tesla report says that between 2012 and 2019, there was a fire in 281.63 million kilometers. This data includes cases that are not directly related to the normal operation of a car (for example, arson). For comparison, from 2012 to 2018, this figure was one incident for every 273.59 million kilometers. According to NHTSA statistics, cars in the United States are burned on average every 30.58 million kilometers.
In March, Tesla launched the proactive feature of responding to road signs and signals as part of the upcoming expansion of Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems capabilities, and a couple of weeks ago it was officially launched in the United States.
In a conference call with investors, Elon Musk expressed confidence that by the end of the year, Tesla cars will be able to travel independently from home to office and vice versa with minimal driver intervention. We talked in detail about so-called “Full Self-Driving” (full self-driving with a full feature pack) in this article.
Source: Teslarati
