Tesla Reports Another Robotaxi Crash in Austin as Company Plans to Remove Safety Supervisors
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Summary
Tesla has reported another crash involving its Robotaxi fleet in Austin to the NHTSA, maintaining the program's high accident rate compared to human drivers. This comes as Tesla prepares to remove human safety supervisors from the vehicles. The company is required to report crashes involving its automated driving systems under a Standing General Order, and these reports have been coming in from Tesla's small pilot fleet in Texas for months.
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The new data keeps the program's accident rate alarmingly high compared to human drivers, even as the company prepares to remove human safety supervisors from the vehicles.
Tesla is required to report crashes involving its automated driving systems (ADS) to the NHTSA under a Standing General Order.
For months, we've seen these reports trickle in from Tesla's small pilot fleet in Texas.
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