Musk claims Tesla FSD could save $1.5 trillion a year in crash costs
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Elon Musk says Tesla's Full Self-Driving could free up more than $1.5 trillion a year by reducing crashes that cost the U.S. almost $2 trillion annually in societal harm.
He cites Tesla data showing vehicles with FSD engaged are about nine times safer than the average driver. Musk made the claim in an X post quoting @CoFoundersNik, whose post the figures come from. The source material does not include Tesla's underlying data or an independent analysis of these figures.
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Elon Musk@elonmuskXMusk says FSD could save $1.5 trillion yearly in crash costsAIElon Musk argues that Full Self-Driving could free up over $1.5 trillion a year by reducing crashes that cost the U.S. almost $2 trillion annually in societal harm. He cites Tesla data showing vehicles with FSD engaged are about 9 times safer than the average driver. The claim is drawn from a post by @CoFoundersNik that Musk quoted and that the figures come from.
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