While it's encouraging that a majority of Tesla customers don't consider their cars fully self-driving, 43 percent is still far too high. Tesla has been criticized for not doing enough to inform the public that its current offering isn't a fully self-driving system, and this new data from the IIHS seems to back up those assertions. Data from NHTSA released earlier this summer indicates that far more than any other automaker, Tesla has reported far more crashes in cars with so-called Level 2 driver-assist systems-Autopilot-engaged. There have been a number of high-profile crashes involving Tesla vehicles with Autopilot enabled, and it's not hard to find examples of drivers treating cars as fully self-driving. "The big-picture message here is that the early adopters of these systems still have a poor understanding of the technology's limits," said IIHS director David Harkey in a statement.
Tesla is also the only automaker to sell a package called "Full Self-Driving Capability" despite the fact that as of today, none of its cars are actually capable of full self-driving. Even if the proportion of Tesla drivers who consider their cars fully self-driving is smaller than Cadillac Super Cruise owners, there are just far more Autopilot-equipped Teslas on our roads today. Additionally, 12 percent of those who own Nissan/Infiniti models equipped with ProPilot Assist consider their cars fully self-driving. Owners of Super Cruise-equipped Cadillacs-which allow for hands-off driving on pre-mapped, limited-access highways-were also surveyed, and 53 percent considered their cars fully self-driving. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced today the results of a study where it found that 43 percent of 202 Tesla owners surveyed were comfortable considering their cars fully self-driving.
Tesla does not actually sell a full self-driving car, yet a lot of owners don't know this. It also sells a $15,000 package called "Full Self-Driving Capability" with the promise that fully autonomous driving will be enabled when the technology is ready. Tesla calls its bundle of driver-assist features Autopilot.
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