Tesla publishes its Q3 2024 vehicle safety report

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Tesla has released its Q3 2024 vehicle safety report. Based on the company’s figures, Teslas that are operating with Autopilot technology tend to crash far less than the national average. 

In the third quarter, Tesla recorded one crash for every 7.08 million miles driven in which drivers were using Autopilot technology. For Tesla drivers who were not using Autopilot, the company recorded one crash for every 1.29 million miles driven. 

For context, Tesla noted that the most recent data available from the NHTSA and FHWA shows that there was an automobile crash every ~670,000 miles in the United States. This suggests that, on average, Tesla’s Autopilot technology and its driver-assist features are a notable safety system for the company’s vehicles. Elon Musk mentioned as much in a post on X, stating that “Autopilot is a “major safety improvement.” 

Despite Tesla’s growing fleet of vehicles in the United States, as well as the rollout of more advanced Autopilot features, the company’s safety results have remained quite consistent over the past quarters. Granted, in Q4 2024, Tesla recorded one crash for every 5.39 million miles driven in which drivers were using Autopilot technology, but these results were recorded during winter, when driving conditions are not optimal.

For context, Tesla recorded one crash for every 7.63 million miles driven in which drivers were using Autopilot in Q1 2024. In Q2 2024, Tesla recorded one crash every 6.88 million miles driven in which drivers were using Autopilot. 

Autopilot technology is not the only reason why Teslas are arguably the safest vehicles on the road today. Thanks to their all-electric architecture, Teslas feature a very low probability of rollover risk and occupant injury. Teslas are also very rigid, allowing vehicles to survive crashes that would otherwise be more severe in comparable vehicles. This became evident during an incident back in January 2023, when a Tesla Model Y fell off a 250-foot cliff at Devil’s Slide in California. Despite the severity of the crash, every occupant of the all-electric crossover survived. 

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Tesla is enabling Full Self-Driving transfer for Cybertruck: here’s the details

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Tesla is enabling the ability to transfer Full Self-Driving from a vehicle to the Cybertruck for the first time, allowing owners who purchased FSD on a car previously to transfer the suite to the all-electric pickup.

Tesla has been using the Full Self-Driving transfer to let owners move the suite from one vehicle to another as they buy new cars.

It saves them thousands, as previously, Tesla required owners to purchase the Full Self-Driving suite outright when buying a new car, which was undesired by owners who had already shelled out up to $15,000 for the semi-autonomous capability.

Over the past year, Tesla has decided to listen to owner complaints, as CEO Elon Musk’s argument that FSD is now priced at a fraction of what it will eventually be worth never truly sat well with the everyday person.

Tesla started offering Full Self-Driving transfers for the first time last year, but made them available only for a limited time. It has done enabled the ability to transfer Full Self-Driving on several occasions since then, including twice so far this year.

Tesla releases terms of Full Self-Driving transfer

However, Tesla is now taking it a step further, giving owners the ability to now transfer Full Self-Driving from a vehicle they own to the Cybertruck, something it has not previously allowed in the past.

The ability to transfer Full Self-Driving to another Cybertruck will be available until the end of the year.

Before today, owners who bought Full Self-Driving on the Model S, Model 3, Model X, and Model Y were able to transfer the suite to another vehicle in this lineup, but not the Cybertruck.

Cybertruck owners would have to purchase the Full Self-Driving suite outright once again, adding the current price of $8,000 to the cost of the vehicle.

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Tesla says its Cybercab wireless charging efficiency is ‘well above 90%’

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Tesla has said that its wireless charging system for the Cybercab has a charging efficiency of “well over 90 percent,” in response to questions about whether the system would be inefficient compared to wired charging.

Tesla made the claim on Saturday after tech reviewer Marques Brownlee, better known as MKBHD, highlighted the “massive heat waste” in wireless charging systems in a post on X, claiming that a “noble goal” in wireless charging for electric vehicles (EVs) would only reach “maybe 75 percent efficiency.”

In response, Tesla plainly stated that the system’s “efficiency is well above 90 percent,” eliciting an eyes emoji from Brownlee.

“I stand corrected. Can’t wait for it to ship,” Brownlee wrote, after being encouraged to say more by another user.

Tesla teases Cybercab inductive charging and robot cleaning system

The news comes after Tesla’s “We, Robot” event earlier this month, during which Elon Musk said that the newly unveiled Cybercab would be charged wirelessly with inductive charging, instead of including an NACS port.

Although wireless charging was expected to play a role in the company’s future robotaxi plans, it wasn’t until the “We, Robot” event that such a system was actually teased. During the presentation, Tesla also showed a Cybercab charging at 19kW at 35 state-of-charge (SoC), outpacing the roughly 11.5kW offered by the company’s Wall Connector.

Before the event, some expected wireless charging to play an important role in the robotaxi system, given that the company also patented a wireless charging pad in September. In July, Tesla also patented the automatic cleaning system that would later go on to be teased alongside the inductive charger.

Then, in a video shared by Tesla on Thursday (the one that sparked the discussion between Brownlee and others), the automaker shows a vehicle with 25kW of charging power. The video also highlights Tesla’s focus on autonomy, including driving, cleaning, and charging, with the Cybercab now expected to be able to be operated with “no hands required,” as the company says in the post.

Tesla was also thought to be getting into wireless charging as early as last year, when the company acquired wireless charging company Wiferion, which had been rumored leading up to the news. The company would later go on to sell Wiferion, though it has kept some of the company’s engineers who came onboard with the acquisition.

Teslarati was also in attendance at the “We, Robot” event, at which Tesla unveiled both its two-seater Cybercab and its larger autonomous “Robovan,” set to be a 12- to 14-seat self-driving bus. You can check out our first ride in the Cybercab below.

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