2 sources · updated 6d ago

Tesla presented inflated safety data to European regulators for autonomous system approval

Tesla submitted self-published safety statistics to regulators in Sweden and the Netherlands to secure approval for its Full Self-Driving system, including claims independent researchers say relied on invalid comparisons and unrealistic assumptions.

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• oilprice.com · 6d ago

  Tesla Accused of Inflating Self-Driving Safety Claims ↗

  Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) presented self-published safety data to regulators in Sweden and the Netherlands in a bid to secure approval of its “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) system, which amounts to misleading marketing according to independent traffic-safety researchers. A newly published investigative report by Reuters claims that the EV manufacturer relied on invalid data comparisons and unrealistic assumptions to overstate the safety performance of its FSD driver-assistance technology, allegedly in…

• electrek.co · 6d ago

  Tesla presented misleading ‘Full Self-Driving’ safety data to European regulators ↗

  Tesla presented self-published and inflated “Full Self-Driving” safety statistics directly to government regulators in Sweden and the Netherlands as it lobbied for European approval, according to correspondence obtained by Reuters through public records requests. The data includes a claim that FSD could have “saved 32,000 lives” — a figure that independent researchers say is based on the absurd assumption that every vehicle in the U.S., including freight trucks and motorcycles, would be replaced…