Tesla Safety Crisis: Engineering Failures and Corporate Denial 2018-2024

Tesla Fatal Accident Rate: 5.6 per billion miles Industry Average: 2.8 per billion miles Tesla’s fatality rate is double the industry average Source: iSeeCars 2024 Safety Study Year Fleet Size Growth Serious Incidents Fatal Incidents Key Patterns 2020 1x (baseline) 1x 1x Autopilot crashes into stationary objects 2021 1.5x 1.8x 1.6x Motorcycle collisions emerge as … Continue reading Tesla Safety Crisis: Engineering Failures and Corporate Denial 2018-2024

CA Tesla Involved in Crash With Police Motorcyle

Anyone have news of what happened to the August 2024 case of a Tesla running over a Police officer? Here’s another one, putting a LAPD motorcycle officer in hospital: Some of the northbound lanes along the 405 Freeway in the Brentwood area were shut down Thursday afternoon following a crash involving an LAPD officer. As … Continue reading CA Tesla Involved in Crash With Police Motorcyle

CA Tesla Kills One Motorcyclist in Intersection Crash

A motorcycle was hit by a Tesla that accelerated hard into an intersection, killing the rider. A 27-year-old man died Friday after a Tesla crashed into his motorcycle at the Jefferson Boulevard and McClintock Avenue intersection Friday morning. Both drivers were trying to beat a yellow light when the victim, who has not yet been … Continue reading CA Tesla Kills One Motorcyclist in Intersection Crash