The investigation concluded that there was no problem with Autosteer, the key part of Tesla’s Autopilot, and confirmed Tesla’s claims that when used properly the system reduced crash rates by almost 40%. The investigation found that Tesla vehicle crash rates dropped from 1.3 accidents per million miles driven to 0.8 after the introduction of Autosteer. This is important news for the company and gives its efforts towards building a self-driving Tesla car sharing program a major boost. Both these efforts rely on the possibility of introducing autonomous driving capabilities in Tesla’s vehicles. However, the company introduced its own plan that would allow a fleet of Tesla vehicles to be shared among customers, allowing Tesla owners to earn money from their vehicles.

Source: Forbes January 26, 2017 13:35 UTC