Car and Driver tests Tesla's autopilot
The goal is not to discount any comparison, it's simply to make the comparison "fair".
Bottom line is a Tesla using autopilot is much better than other cars on average, there has been no attempt to hide underlying numbers so what's the problem? A win is a win especially when it comes to safety. If other driver assistance tech is as good or better than Tesla then fantastic.
Anyway, statistics shows that the age group between 16-24 are involved in more accidents than 25-80+ combined. The average age of a Model 3 owner is 46, Model X/S is 53. Now a lot of other car model / brands have as old or older average driver age. However, the majority of 16-24 year old do not drive a Tesla because they simply can not afford one. This further skews the statistic you posted. If only older people drive your brand car, obviously your brand will be involved in less accidents. You can not look on some random statistic with a few variables that make a Company look good as proof of anything without looking at the whole picture. I know you love Tesla but you need to be objective.
There are many factors at play and one can not simply call Tesla as safe or safer than other brands. They might be, they might not. Your statistic certainly doesn't prove Tesla and Auto Pilot is safer than other car brands.
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Anyway, statistics shows that the age group between 16-24 are involved in more accidents than 25-80+ combined. The average age of a Model 3 owner is 46, Model X/S is 53. Now a lot of other car model / brands have as old or older average driver age. However, the majority of 16-24 year old do not drive a Tesla because they simply can not afford one. This further skews the statistic you posted. If only older people drive your brand car, obviously your brand will be involved in less accidents. You can not look on some random statistic with a few variables that make a Company look good as proof of anything without looking at the whole picture. I know you love Tesla but you need to be objective.
I know you love Tesla
hard numbers?
that msn piece (hardly a bastion of great journalism, just an aggregator mostly clickbait) is grabbed from a site call benziga, a stock news site, and of course the article on the site does talk about and quote the stock. and the article itself quotes a 'report' from Loup Ventures, a venture capital firm, saying that autopilot's safe because they report a lot of data and it's better data than the data from all other cars on the road, which as has been pointed out, is a fake comparison. the article is a total puff piece to promote tesla stock.
that msn piece (hardly a bastion of great journalism, just an aggregator mostly clickbait) is grabbed from a site call benziga, a stock news site, and of course the article on the site does talk about and quote the stock. and the article itself quotes a 'report' from Loup Ventures, a venture capital firm, saying that autopilot's safe because they report a lot of data and it's better data than the data from all other cars on the road, which as has been pointed out, is a fake comparison. the article is a total puff piece to promote tesla stock.
as tireless defender of the flame, do you own a tesla car, and if not, why not?
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No. One, I am paying off a mortgage and two, I frequently buy and sell cars and 3, I already own 4 or 5 cars at any given time. When I retire (hopefully soon) I will buy a Tesla or maybe another EV brand whatever I feel is the best at the time. When I do buy an EV it will very likely be paid for in full via EV stocks, and spoiler alert I own other than Tesla.
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If I'm following his logic correctly he's saying in theory this would be the stat, in other words not how autopilot is used but if it was in theory used in the typical city/highway ratio. Do I have that right? The comments are telling
https://ideas.4brad.com/new-chart-te...-safety-record
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