Tesla stopped reporting its Autopilot safety numbers online. Why?


The number of injuries and deaths involving Autopilot and FSD is unknown – except, perhaps, to Tesla. — AP Photo/David Zalubowski

LOG ANGELES: Like clockwork, reported safety statistics, once every quarter, starting in 2018. Last year, those reports ceased.

Around the same time, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the nation's top auto safety regulator, began demanding crash reports from automakers that sell so-called advanced driver assistance systems such as Autopilot. It began releasing those numbers in June. And those numbers don't look good for Autopilot.

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