Tesla, rivals get low marks for automated-driving technology
Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self Driving technology, along with nine other assisted-driving systems from major automakers, received “poor” ratings from the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) in a new study. The IIHS found no evidence that these systems have real-world safety benefits based on crash data. Automatic emergency braking systems, in contrast, have been shown to reduce rear-end collisions by 50% and incidents involving a vehicle hitting a pedestrian by 30%. Federal regulators are investigating nearly 1,000 accidents involving Tesla’s Autopilot.