Tesla Model 3 gets safety recommendation back after ditching radar
Consumer Reports is restoring its “Top Pick” recommendation to the Tesla Model 3 after the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released a new evaluation of the car’s camera-based advanced driver assist system.
The IIHS was able to show that the Model 3 with Tesla Vision cameras featured effective automatic emergency breaking (AEB) and forward collision warning systems (FCW), two criteria for Consumer Reports’ Top Pick decision-making. Combined with the IIHS awarding the Model 3 its own “Top Safety Pick” title, Consumer Reports decided to once again recommend the EV.
The publication maintains a contemptuous relationship with Tesla. It last revoked its recommendation earlier this May when Tesla began shipping the Model 3 and Y without radar sensors and warned some safety features weren’t yet rated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Consumer Reports has also been critical of Tesla’s Autopilot system and its ability to be triggered without someone in the driver’s seat.
Tesla Vision passing the test adds some weight to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s claim that cameras can be an adequate substitute for radar and lidar sensors in self-driving cars. Musk has gone as far as describing modern car companies’ focus on lidar as a “fool’s errand,” and the announcement that new Model 3s and Model Ys would favor cameras was essentially the company forcing the issue.
Recently, Tesla test cars were spotted sporting lidar sensors, which seems to suggest the company might be reconsidering its stance, but for now the IIHS and Consumer Reports are satisfied with what Tesla Vision is able to achieve.
Consumer Reports is restoring its “Top Pick” recommendation to the Tesla Model 3 after the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) released a new evaluation of the car’s camera-based advanced driver assist system. The IIHS was able to show that the Model 3 with Tesla Vision cameras featured effective automatic…
Recent Posts
- Google is giving Android users hands-free navigation and a way to talk with emojis
- Quordle today – hints and answers for Friday, May 17 (game #844)
- NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, May 17 (game #75)
- iMessage is having some issues today
- Google’s Gemini AI plan for schools promises extra data protection and privacy
Archives
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- December 2011