As mentioned by another commenter, this article reads like a hit piece. It assumes that the only open question would be how to harm Tesla. Yes, accidents have

As mentioned by another commenter, this article reads like a hit piece. It assumes that the only open question would be how to harm Tesla. Yes, accidents have to be investigated, and if anything, one can discuss whether the advertisement of Tesla is deceptive. While in several stages, before activating autopilot, the driver is clearly told, that this is not autonomous driving, most of these accidents happened because people did not pay attention. In some cases they even actively defeated the devices to recognize an active driver at the wheel. What makes the investigation at this point of time a bit difficult is the fact, that Tesla is already switching away from the technology involved in those accidents. They are all related to radar-equipped Teslas. But radar is very bad at detecting static obstacles. Its main purpose is for tracking other moving objects. With non-moving objects, it is very difficult, if not impossible, to pick them out against the background. Radar has not a high enough resolution. Recently, Tesla cars are shipped without radar and the Autopilot now uses pure optical recognition, based on the new software developed for the planned full self driving mode. This should be way better at recognizing obstacles on a fundamental basis. Also, a in-cabin camera is supposedly watching for driver attention. I hope the investigations also consider the changes to the system already done.