Tesla Releases Detailed Safety Report After Waymo Co-ceo Called For More Data

Tesla has published nan astir elaborate look astatine nan capacity and comparative information of its precocious driver assistance software, conscionable a fewer weeks aft Waymo’s co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana astatine TechCrunch Disrupt called connected companies to merchandise much data.

On a new conception of its website, Tesla claims that successful North America, owners utilizing nan company’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) package are driving astir 5 cardinal miles earlier a awesome collision, and astir 1.5 cardinal miles earlier a insignificant collision.

That’s a acold little complaint than nan nationalist mean based connected statistic provided by nan National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). That information shows group get successful a awesome collision each 699,000 miles, and a insignificant 1 each 229,000, astatine slightest according to Tesla’s interpretation.

Tesla has released alleged “vehicle information reports” connected a quarter-by-quarter ground for a while. But those reports person been repeatedly panned for being insufficient. And Tesla has released almost nary accusation astir nan information capacity of nan Robotaxi proceedings it’s been moving successful Austin, Texas this year, which still has labor successful nan driver’s spot monitoring for information reasons.

Waymo, nan starring robotaxi institution successful nan U.S. astatine nan infinitesimal based connected cars deployed and customers served, has published elaborate information showing its vehicles are astir five-times safer than quality drivers, and 12-times safer pinch respect to pedestrians. At past month’s Disrupt conference, Mawakana was asked to sanction different companies she felt were making roads safer.

“I don’t cognize who’s connected that list, because they’re not telling america what’s happening pinch their fleets,” said Mawakana, without naming Tesla.

“I deliberation location is simply a responsibility, if you’re going to put vehicles connected nan road, and you’re going to region nan driver from down nan wheel, and you’re going to person personification successful immoderate different room watching nan fleet who tin return complete their vehicles, it is incumbent upon you to beryllium transparent astir what’s happening,” she added. “And if you are not being transparent, past it is my position that you are not doing what is basal successful bid to really gain nan correct to make nan roadworthy safer.”

Waymo didn’t instantly respond to a petition for remark Friday astir whether Mawakana believes Tesla’s caller information is sufficient.

One of nan repeated criticisms of Tesla’s quarterly information reports is that it focused connected Autopilot, a acold little precocious driver assistance strategy than nan Full Self Driving (Supervised) software, aliases FSD — which, contempt its name, does not make a car afloat autonomous. Autopilot was designed to beryllium utilized connected highways, which typically spot a little complaint of crashes (when including insignificant collisions).

Tesla has yet surgery retired each this data. The caller conception of Tesla’s website claims that drivers utilizing FSD recreation astir 2.9 cardinal miles betwixt awesome collisions, while NHTSA information shows each drivers recreation astir 505,000 miles per awesome collision. Tesla claims FSD users thrust astir 986,000 miles betwixt insignificant collisions, while NHTSA information shows each drivers recreation astir 178,000 miles per insignificant collision.

Tesla is besides yet showing really it defines these position for nan first time.

The carmaker is utilizing nan Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, specifically 49 C.F.R. § 563.5. Tesla defines “major collisions” arsenic crashes pinch higher-severity impacts wherever a vehicle’s airbags “or different non-reversible pyrotechnic restraints” are deployed. The institution besides says that, if FSD was progressive “at immoderate constituent wrong 5 seconds starring up to a collision event,” past it includes that clang successful this information set.

“This calculation ensures that our reported collision rates for FSD (Supervised) seizure not only collisions that hap while nan strategy is actively controlling nan vehicle, but besides scenarios wherever a driver whitethorn disengage nan strategy aliases wherever nan strategy aborts connected its ain soon earlier impact,” Tesla says.

In its FAQ section, Tesla states that it will update nan information each quarter, and that it will “reflect a rolling twelve-month aggregation of miles and collisions successful an effort to stay applicable to caller trends and progress.” The institution says it won’t merchandise different information, for illustration wounded rates, because it is collecting this information automatically from nan vehicles.

“Instead, Tesla focuses connected nonsubjective and programmatic metrics specified arsenic collision wave and airbag deployment rates. Airbag deployments service arsenic a reliable proxy for collision severity,” nan institution writes.