Three crashes in the first day:Tesla in Austin
6 hours ago
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- Austin, Texas has become a hub for autonomous car testing due to its permissive regulations and favorable road conditions.
- Tesla reported three crashes on its first day of autonomous testing in Austin on July 1, with only 7,000 miles logged.
- Waymo's crash rate is significantly lower, with 60 crashes over 50 million miles driven.
- Two of Tesla's crashes involved rear-end collisions, while one involved a low-speed collision with a stationary object, causing minor injury.
- A fourth unreported crash occurred in a parking lot, and Tesla has redacted most details from the crash reports.