• SpaceBar@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The Tesla Model Y is literally the safest passenger vehicle available right now.

    Self driving vehicles are actually close, but as you said, the edge cases are a bitch.

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        1 year ago

        Did I say autopilot was safe? I said the Tesla Model Y was the safest car - you know, by test crash ratings.

        I hate Musk as much as the next guy, but people can’t separate that ass from the actual good things produced by some of the companies he owns.

        FSD is fine if you still drive the car. People don’t do that, so it’s actually dangerous in the real world. It should be marketed VERY differently.

        If you get into an accident, being in a Tesla is actually safer than a lot of cars because the car itself is very safe.

        Of course everyone hates Musk, so anything related to Musk has to be down voted. Any opinion other than Space-X and Tesla is as shit as Twitter and Musk himself is wrong.

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      1 year ago

      The thing is it’s been “real close” for ~10 years. But they’ve solved the “easy” problems. In development you spend 90% of your time on 10% of the problems. This is why fusion power has been “real close” for 30 years as well. Those remaining problems are the hard ones.

      I genuinely don’t know why Tesla doesn’t just focus on the safety aspects of their tech rather than the “self-driving” BS. Having a car that will stop for me if the car in front slams their brakes on unexpectedly is a great thing. That’s a lot of accidents avoided.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah - but what Musk says has no bearing on reality. It could still happen even if he’s far too optimistic about it.