Policy · Updated 15 Oct, 10:09 pm IST
Tesla reports two more ‘Robotaxi’ crashes involving remote operators
Why it matters for readers: Explains that some so-called self-driving incidents still involve a human remotely controlling the car and that those takeovers have led to crashes.
- Two August incidents show remote operators driving when a Tesla Model Y struck property at about 0.4 mph and 1 mph respectively.1
- Both August crashes were property-damage-only and had no passengers onboard.1
- Tesla’s regulator-facing data set now contains 36 unique Robotaxi incident reports, up from 22 in July.1
- Five of the recorded collisions in the data involve remote operator takeovers, and every remote takeover in Tesla’s crash reports has ended in a collision.1
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