Tesla CEO Elon Musk made a bold announcement on Wednesday to have self-driving gear in all Tesla vehicles. But fatal crash in many accidents as raised safety question about its autopilot technology.
Musk said Wednesday as reported by CNBC, that all vehicles produced by the company will have hardware needed for full self-driving capability. He said that the full self-driving capability provide a greater safety level than that of a human driver.
"It will take us some time to complete the validation of the software and get regulatory approval but the important thing is that the foundation is laid," he said to reporters.
Ironically, the facts show that Tesla autopilot technology is much less safer than human driving. In many places around the world, driver who activate the autopilot in their Tesla car has crashed and some are fatal accidents.
The latest accident was reported in Germany last month. a Tesla electric car that ran on autoilot crash, crashed into a Danish tourist bus on an autobahn in northern Germany as reported by Deutsche Welle .
Prior to the accident in Germany, there were many reported fatal crashes involving Tesla self driving technology. In China, two fatal crashes were reported in January, while in Florida a driver named Joshua Brown was killed after his Tesla Model S crashed as soon as he activated the autopilot function.
Following the fatal accident in Florida, the National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation and found that that Brown's hand was not on the steering wheel, which confirming his car ran on autopilot. Brown's Model S also traveled faster than the 65 mph speed limit of the U.S Highway 27A, near Williston, Florida. His car ran 74 mph on autopilor before hit a tractor trailer crossing its path.
Watch the ABC News coverage about fatal crash in Tesla autopilot which raised safety questions for the electric carmaker below:
