Tesla Keeps Using Disputed Crash Stat to Defend Autopilot

"“If Tesla’s going to keep asserting that, and particularly if they’re going to keep crediting NHTSA for it, then I think they need to provide the necessary analysis, caveats and qualifications behind that number,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina’s School of Law, who studies driverless-car regulations. “If that is even close to being true, then that is one of the biggest safety advances since the seat belt.”"