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Richard Blumenthal: “Tesla has claimed its FSD technology is safer than human driving, but the claims are based on misleading data analysis…”

On the recordJune 23, 2026
Tesla has claimed its FSD technology is safer than human driving, but the claims are based on misleading data analysis, such as comparing unlike crash outcomes, comparing new vehicles to the entire US vehicle fleet, and relying on incomplete crash data.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut
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bbc.co.uk

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Senator Blumenthal on Tesla's full self-driving technology claims.

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