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Re:Tesla Autopilot HW3 details by taneq on Saturday January 05, 2019 @07:19AM (#18831286)
I'd guess that's due more to Teslas being expensive cars that are generally driven by older, more responsible drivers and have a bunch of other safety features (AEB, stability control, etc.)

I'd be interested in seeing crash data for Teslas compared with other $50-$130k cars less than 5 years old.

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Re:Tesla Autopilot HW3 details by Klathmon on Saturday January 05, 2019 @05:32PM (#18834700)
There's no need to guess, the study was actually done on Teslas with and without AP hardware.

I don't know it well enough to know if there were other factors at play, but it wasn't just that Teslas in general were less likely to crash, only the ones with AP hardware installed.

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Re:Tesla Autopilot HW3 details by taneq on Sunday January 06, 2019 @04:46AM (#18837497)
Huh, I missed that. Thanks!
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Re:Tesla Autopilot HW3 details by Retric on Saturday January 05, 2019 @10:32AM (#18832096)
The discount is for the same Tesla model with or without the self driving add on. It’s unlikely the type of drivers changes much.
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