Tesla owners have driven billions of miles with Autopilot engaged, and company data indicate that drivers using the system remain safer than those operating without assistance, the company said in an emailed response to questions from Consumer Reports on Wednesday. Tesla says it made updates to its system since the crash, including adjusting the time intervals between hands-on the steering wheel warnings and the conditions under which they’re activated.
“While our driver-monitoring system for Autopilot repeatedly reminds drivers of their responsibility to remain attentive and prohibits the use of Autopilot when warnings are ignored, we’ve also introduced numerous updates to make our safeguards smarter, safer and more effective across every hardware platform we’ve deployed,” the company said in its statement.
Advanced driver assistance systems, such as Autopilot, aren’t the same as self-driving cars—meaning the human driver is still responsible for paying attention to the road. Cadillac, Infiniti, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, and Volvo offer systems similar to Autopilot, under various names. These systems can maintain a vehicle’s place in the flow of traffic and keep it within the lines of its lane.
In its report, the NTSB noted that following its investigation of a fatal 2016 Tesla crash in Florida, it issued a recommendation to Tesla and five other automakers to “develop applications to more effectively sense the driver’s level of engagement.” Volkswagen, BMW, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo have responded with explanations about their technology and efforts to reduce misuse. Tesla hasn’t responded, the safety board said.
Tesla should immediately fix Autopilot by limiting it to conditions where it can be used safely and installing a far more effective system to verify driver engagement, says William Wallace, manager of home and safety policy at Consumer Reports.
"NTSB first raised fundamental flaws in 2017, and Tesla has failed to address them ever since,” he said. “If the company won't take these steps, then the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration should use its authority to require them to do so."
The Center for Auto Safety, a consumer group focused on auto safety, called on Wednesday for NHTSA to recall Tesla vehicles to fix Autopilot.
“The time to allow an unregulated, unsafe experiment on our roads is over,” the center said in its statement. “NHTSA needs to do its job by issuing rules and removing unsafe vehicles from the road until they can meet minimum performance standards.”
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