Reuters Investigation Questions Tesla's Full Self-Driving Safety Claims
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 2 days ago
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A Reuters investigation reports that Tesla's "Full Self-Driving" safety claims rely on flawed methodology and internal concerns about system reliability, including skepticism from former data labelers and engineers regarding its real-world driving performance, Chris Kirkham and Rachael Levy report. Reuters found that the safety claims were based on a flawed comparison that may have overstated performance by roughly a factor of three, because Tesla compared airbag deployment crashes in its vehicles against broader federal tow-truck crash data that already includes less severe incidents and does not align on equivalent severity thresholds.
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Analyst Views on TSLA
Wall Street analysts forecast TSLA stock price to fall
30 Analyst Rating
12 Buy
11 Hold
7 Sell
Hold
Current: 442.100
Low
25.28
Averages
401.93
High
600.00
Current: 442.100
Low
25.28
Averages
401.93
High
600.00
About TSLA
Tesla, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, sells and leases high-performance fully electric vehicles and energy generation and storage systems, and offers services related to its products. Its segments include automotive, and energy generation and storage. The automotive segment includes the design, development, manufacturing, sales and leasing of high-performance fully electric vehicles, and sales of automotive regulatory credits. It also includes sales of used vehicles, non-warranty maintenance services and collisions, part sales, paid supercharging, insurance services revenue and retail merchandise sales. The energy generation and storage segment include the design, manufacture, installation, sales and leasing of solar energy generation and energy storage products and related services and sales of solar energy systems incentives. Its consumer vehicles include the Model 3, Y, S, X and Cybertruck. Its lithium-ion battery energy storage products include Powerwall and Megapack.
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Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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