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Federal regulator finds Tesla Autopilot has 'critical safety gap' linked to hundreds of collisions


Federal authorities say a "critical safety gap" in Tesla's Autopilot system contributed to at least 467 collisions, 13 resulting in fatalities.

Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., issued a statement calling on federal regulators to require Tesla to restrict its Autopilot feature "to the roads it was designed for." For example, in 2021, Elon Musk claimed in a post on social media, "Tesla with Autopilot engaged now approaching 10 times lower chance of accident than average vehicle." Philip Koopman, an automotive safety researcher and Carnegie Mellon University associate professor of computer engineering, said he views Tesla's marketing and claims as "autonowashing."

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