Musk: Tesla FSD Beta has not had an accident in the first year since it was launched

On January 18, Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly claimed that the vehicles involved in the project have not had any accidents since the company launched the fully autonomous driving (FSD) beta version of the software more than a year ago.

FSD Beta is an early version of Tesla's autopilot software system, after the company selected a subset of owners through its "safety test scores" whose vehicles make up a test fleet and are currently testing the system.

The software enables the vehicle to drive itself autonomously, but the driver needs to be vigilant at all times during the ride and be ready to control the vehicle at all times. It can be seen that the safety of automatic driving is not only affected by the vehicle itself, but also affected by the driver's degree of caution.

Tesla launched the program in October 2020 and has now pushed the software to thousands of car owners.

Tesla's approach has long been criticized by the outside world, with critics arguing that it is irresponsible for the company to provide the undeveloped feature to consumers and let them use the system as testers on the actual road. But Tesla has defended itself, saying it has been very careful about rolling out the features, and that the company will only "slowly push the new features to customers that the company deems safe enough."

Musk responded on Twitter to Tesla shareholder Ross Gerber, who confirmed that Tesla believes there hasn't been a single accident with FSD Beta more than a year after the project started.

That means he disputed a collision report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Earlier, a car owner complained that his Model Y had an accident while using the FSD Beta, but this complaint has not yet been confirmed.

NHTSA also said the data shows that human drivers experience an accident on average for 500,000 miles.