A Florida judge found "reasonable evidence" that Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk and other managers knew the automaker's vehicles had a defective Autopilot system but still allowed the cars to be driven unsafely, according to a ruling.
If Tesla had just named it TeslaCruise would any of these accidents and law suits exist?
Perhaps. But only if the rest of their marketing material and the CEO’s public statements were consistent with the actual functionality.
I’d also be interested in seeing a comparison of miles driven per related accident of all the ADAS offerings from the various manufacturers.
That’s mostly irrelevant. The more important point in this suit is that Tesla knew about a system flaw, knew about the mismatch between marketing and system design, but made no changes to marketing or system implementation prior to Banner’s death.
Raw crash rates don’t really tell you much about the vehicle design. If you want to make any comparisons, you have to control for the crash location, driver demographics, time of day, weather, road condition, vehicle maintenance, etc. It’s far more valuable to poke into the weeds of how the vehicles are designed and tested, then how manufacturers monitor real life performance to validate their design and testing regime.
If Tesla had just named it TeslaCruise would any of these accidents and law suits exist?
I’d also be interested in seeing a comparison of miles driven per related accident of all the ADAS offerings from the various manufacturers.
Perhaps. But only if the rest of their marketing material and the CEO’s public statements were consistent with the actual functionality.
That’s mostly irrelevant. The more important point in this suit is that Tesla knew about a system flaw, knew about the mismatch between marketing and system design, but made no changes to marketing or system implementation prior to Banner’s death.
Raw crash rates don’t really tell you much about the vehicle design. If you want to make any comparisons, you have to control for the crash location, driver demographics, time of day, weather, road condition, vehicle maintenance, etc. It’s far more valuable to poke into the weeds of how the vehicles are designed and tested, then how manufacturers monitor real life performance to validate their design and testing regime.