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You're right, we don't. What would be ideal is for the government to stop subsidizing oil and gas to the tune of billions of dollars per year. But the industry has long history of government handouts that are so well-entrenched, I'm not sure it's realistic to think the political will exists to...

Tesla's decision are driven by rational thought while placing a high emphasis on safety. If your hands are already on the wheel when there is an issue, the driver can take over that much more quickly. At 70 mph that reaction time difference could lead to a much better outcome. Ford should...

OK, I said that comment in haste and will retract it (considering Ford and GM might have some super-special unreleased technology in the lab for all I know). It might be hitting the market any time now. But for systems that are released to the public, there is no doubt Autopilot is the most...

No, they can't "climb" trees, at least not in the monkey sense. But they do behave generally like any other passenger car of similar size and weight when run into a thicket of green saplings. Which is to say the car bends them over as it's momentum caries it forward. As they bend over they form...

Haha! Business Insider. Nice try. I fully agree it's not a full 10 times safer as the raw data might indicate to some. Because that data has to be adjusted for some of the factors mentioned. But there is no way those adjustments are going to drive the actual accident rate a full 10 times...

Yes, please try to follow the conversation. I'm not talking about self-driving systems only available in a laboratory setting, I'm talking about systems that are widely available to consumers today. It's well-known that Autopilot handles more situations without driver intervention than either...

No, you claimed your concern with Autopilot was that Teslas were crashing without anyone in the driver's seat. I simply asked if you had a single example of that ever happening. Apparently, your answer is no.

Did your Google break?

I made my determination by relying on photographic evidence over witness statements and my knowledge of what happens when a car runs into a thicket of trees. We have a lot of trees here and I've personally witnessed a number of cars that have crashed into thickets and I know how strong and...

Who said that?

You seem to be under the mistaken impression that a trained accident investigator is the one who made the determination there was no driver. That's incorrect - it was an elected official with no formal investigative training. From the sounds of it, he had minimal to no law enforcement training...

Autopilot does prevent crashes. It doesn't prevent ALL crashes, only some of them. That's what the statistics prove and it's why the regulators are behind adoption of these technologies. Do you feel Copilot 360 is also dangerously unsafe or only Autopilot?

What exactly makes a superior solution is for the consumers to decide. You are only one consumer. Every year consumers are deciding EV in increasing numbers. And the rate of that change is happening exponentially. If you believe the rate of adoption is going to slow down and level off over...

Obviously, because they are not covered in proportion to their actual frequency. Every Tesla incident makes national news, most other car fatalities and gasoline fires are ignored by national media. Don't tell me you were unaware of this fact?

Apologies, that was not my intent. I'm sorry if you took it that way.

Look, you're a fan of gas powered cars, that's perfectly fine. Just be aware that the majority of people will not cling to old ways of doing things when a better, cheaper way to achieve the same thing is presented to them. Faster, cheaper, better handling, more powerful, more reliable - it's...

Where are you getting your statistics? From the relative frequency of Tesla crashes featured by the media? ;) He-he, I thought so.

The Ford and GM systems are only "hands free" until they are not and the human must take over immediately. And that point happens with more frequency than with Autopilot. Because Autopilot stays engaged and handles more complex situations without requiring driver intervention than either GM's...

It appears you are still unaware that the initial statement by the officer in the recent Texas crash that he was "100% sure" there was no one in the driver's seat at the time of impact was incorrect. There was a driver present at the time of impact and the earlier reports were irresponsible...

The fact that the pile of dead Tesla passengers is much smaller per mile travelled is evidence that your outrage is misguided. Teslas not only get the highest crash safety ratings, they also fare better than all the other cars in the real world in terms of death and injury. The fact that the...