11 autopilot deaths in 6 years seems not so terrible. 1 is too many of course, but thats less than 2/year. How many autopilot enabled teslas are on us roads today?
Also, victims were 59 & 69, and had the car out on a test drive. Not like they were kids messing around in dads tesla. Unless the dealer was like...'yeah go to sleep in the backseat, its all good'
There's more than 1.5 million Autopilot-enabled vehicles on the road today, with 2k new vehicles being added to that pool every day. All models have basic Autopilot features enabled (Autosteer, Traffic-Aware Cruise Control), and a large chunk have more advanced features enabled (like Navigate on Autopilot, Auto Lane Change, Summon, and more). Billions and billions of miles have been driven with Autopilot enabled and yet we still only hear about the handful of crashes and deaths that happen, almost all of which have been due to gross negligence of the driver.
The comparison to the J&J vaccine reaction is spot-on...