Nothing unsafe with driving a Tesla manually, the risk comes from using their "autopilot". The cars are quite nice and safe tbh, but fucker Musk's experimental snake oil "features" are not.
That’s usually a reference to fit and finish, but there have been several of them that have caught on fire. But they basically require subscription fees and refuse to use physical controls for important systems.
I am never going to give up my boring 2008 Honda civic. I will just repair it until I die. Cars sucked when I was a kid and they suck now. The only things that changed
The radio is a distracting touchscreen
The keys are confusing
They catch on fire from battery problems
The extended warranty is getting more extended and non-optional
You can't just buy 3rd party parts or fix it yourself or bring it to the mechanic of your choice.
The future of cars is the apple model. Except generally speaking apple products work. It would be one thing if they were putting out cars that had triple the fuel efficiency.
I can't speak to the quality issues, but I understand that some of the accidents are caused by the software correcting unexpectedly, and the user overcorrecting. This is compounded by changes to the software and features.
The glaring engineering issue I have seen is issues with the batteries being discharged and users having no access to the vehicle even though the aux power has juice left (this could be backwards).
I'd also heard that before I got my M3 in 2021, but except for the terrible paint they use that can't handle even the smallest stone chips, I have no issues with it at all. A lot of people I've driven around has also been surprised with the quality/feeling of the car after hearing the same thing.
After looking at the "article" a little more closely, the "author" seems like a chump and it's all just goofy interpretations of statistics. It's trash.
The article is quite interesting, but I wonder how if the accident rating accounts for times when it's disabled just moments before impact? From personal experience, I was a second away from disaster yesterday when my M3 decided to breakcheck a truck on the highway because one of the cameras got disabled due to dirt or a ray of sunshine or something. Granted, I don't have FSD, but just the glorified lane-assist version of autopilot.