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   Christopher Mims (mimsical@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 00:40:22 JST Christopher Mims

   Tesla has the highest rate of fatal accidents among all car brands, report shows

   * Fatal accidents per billion miles driven by all vehicles was 2.8 -- Teslas had a rate of 5.6

   * Unclear why the disconnect with high vehicle safety ratings, but issue could be autopilot

   https://sherwood.news/business/tesla-has-the-highest-rate-of-fatal-accidents-among-all-car-brands-report/

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Friday, 22-Nov-2024 00:40:22 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

     @mimsical @Lazarou Very likely it's a marketing thing: "Autopilot" isn't, it's just spicy cruise control—but due to widespread public misconceptions about what aicraft autopilots are and do, Tesla purchasers thinks it can actually drive the car autonomously in traffic? So they take idiotic risks. (That, and Teslas are stupidly overpowered and accelerate fast—I learned to drive circa 1980 and the performance of an entry level Tesla matches the top end supercars back then.)