Data likely shows Teslas on Autopilot crash more than rivals

The US government plans soon to release data on collisions involving vehicles with autonomous or partially automated driving system that will likely single out Teslas for a disproportionately high number of such crashes. In coming days, the NHTSA plans to issue the figures, which it’s been gathering for nearly a year. — AP

DETROIT: The US government will soon release data on collisions involving vehicles with autonomous or partially automated driving systems that will likely single out Tesla for a disproportionately high number of such crashes.

In coming days, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to issue figures it has been gathering for nearly a year. The agency said in a separate report last week that it had documented more than 200 crashes involving Teslas that were using Autopilot, “Full Self-Driving”, Traffic-Aware Cruise Control or some other of the company’s partially automated systems.