Still, some Tesla shareholders seem nervous about the company’s approach. At that meeting last year, Musk was asked how he thinks about the “unfortunate mishaps” that have plagued other companies that are working on autonomous cars.
“Those are real consequences of developing this technology, and I’m just wondering where your mind is on that,” asked one shareholder who did not give his name.
Musk replied that Tesla is trying to be careful with the rollout of Full Self-Driving mode. “Human driving is not perfect,” he said, noting that roughly 40,000 people are killed every year on U.S. roadways. “What matters is, like, are we making that number smaller? And as long as we’re making that number smaller, we’re doing the right thing,” Musk said.
The answer is obvious.
FSD crime scene typical of Tesla after it sped into and killed an innocent motorcyclist. Other car companies have far better engineered software and hardware, with more cars on the road and more miles yet report zero deaths compared to the many dozens of Tesla tragedies like this one. Source: NPR, January 15, 2025. “Safety advocates fear Tesla will face less accountability for car crashes…”
Tesla has been making the fatality numbers far, far worse. They have been pushing a manslaughter machine into crash after crash, like no other OEM on the road.
Source: IIHS
Worse than even domestic terrorism.
Key Observations: Data clearly shows that both serious incidents (orange line) and fatal incidents (pink line) are increasing at a steeper rate than the fleet size growth (blue line). This is particularly evident from 2021 onwards, where: Fleet size (blue) shows a linear growth of about 1x per year. Serious incidents (orange) show an exponential growth curve, reaching nearly 5x by 2024. Fatal incidents (pink) also show a steeper-than-linear growth, though not as dramatic as serious incidents. The divergence between the blue line (fleet growth) and the incident lines (orange and pink) indicates that incidents are indeed accelerating faster than the production/deployment of new vehicles. Source: Tesladeaths.com and NHTSA
