>Emergency braking is _very_ simple tech, and is actually robust. I didn't mean emergency braking only. I meant automatic braking to include non-emergency brak

>Emergency braking is _very_ simple tech, and is actually robust. I didn't mean emergency braking only. I meant automatic braking to include non-emergency braking such as (but not limited to) active cruise control that can stop a car. Both emergency braking and milder braking can and do happen on a normal non-Tesla car when the (some) computer gets confused. Electrical faults aside. On a normal car it might happen at intervals of a year or two, so the thing I'm curious about is whether there is some evidence it's more frequent or otherwise worse on Teslas should I ever be shopping for one. I think the quality of the hardware is only loosely related, because engineering decisions, some of which are embodied in software, could make a big difference. If I was in charge of making hard decisions about a trade-off between phantom braking and avoiding accidents, I would say "don't make it panic brake until slightly after the computer figures a collision is unavoidable" since this still provides the most important value of reducing injuries. But I don't know if automakers really operate this way. Maybe they know better, or maybe there are bad incentives. And if some of them do operate this way, but others have the hubris to think they can prevent accidents and phantom braking without tradeoffs, I'd really like to be able to make an informed choice.