A Reuters investigation found that Tesla CEO Elon Musk and executives have increasingly cited flawed statistics to claim their FSD (Full Self-Driving) driver-assistance feature is up to ten times safer than human drivers. Tesla presented its safety data to several European regulatory authorities. However, the Dutch authority (RDW) stated it bases decisions on its own tests, not „marketing statements or external statistics.“ Tesla did not respond to Reuters‘ inquiries. Despite this, Tesla has provisionally received approval to deploy its FSD (Supervised) system in five EU countries: the Netherlands, Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark, and Belgium. These authorizations remain provisional, pending approval from the European Commission.
A recent Reuters investigation states that Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other executives have increasingly cited statistics over the past year to claim that the FSD (Full Self-Driving) driver-assistance feature is up to ten times safer than human drivers. However, Reuters’ review identified several flawed data comparisons underpinning Tesla’s claims.
According to Reuters, Tesla presented its own safety data to several European regulatory authorities, including those in Sweden and the Netherlands. It remains unclear whether these statistics influenced the approval granted in the Netherlands. Responding to Reuters’ enquiries, RDW – the Dutch authority responsible – stated that it does not base its decisions on “marketing statements or external statistics”. Instead, it conducts its own “tests, analyses, and evaluations” of the system on public roads and test tracks. Tesla did not respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
Tesla has since received approval to deploy its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) driver-assistance system in five EU countries. Following initial approval in the Netherlands in April, further approvals were granted in Lithuania and Estonia in May, followed by Denmark and Belgium in June. However, as the system still requires approval from the European Commission, authorisations in all these countries remain provisional – and are consistently aligned with the Dutch precedent.
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