Unless there's a very good reason, if National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has it then the taxpayers who paid for it should have access too.
[1] https://www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulations/standing-general-orde...
The nice thing is we can look for ourselves to what extent that is true by downloading the CSV: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/ffdd/sgo-2021-01/SGO-2021-01_In...
For example, in the case of BMW, in every single case the field for ADS/ADAS Version is either blank or redacted.
Not true. There are many rows for other manufacturers where fields are redacted or blank.
For example:
- Row 7. BMW. ADAS/ADS Version: blank
- Row 8. BMW. ADAS/ADS Version: redacted
- Row 9. Subaru. ADAS/ADS Version: redacted
etc.
Again, not true.
I just filtered for BMW, and in every single instance, without fail, the ADS/ADAS Version cell is either redacted or blank.
I didn't check other manufacturers.
Rpts RdBl Pcage Entity
48 12 25.00 Ford Motor Company
18 6 33.33 Rivian Automotive, LLC
10 4 40.00 Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
29 12 41.38 Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
38 18 47.37 Lucid USA, Inc.
27 15 55.56 Hyundai Motor America
37 22 59.46 Kia America, Inc.
6 4 66.67 APTIV
6 5 83.33 Porsche Cars North America, Inc.
12 10 83.33 Daimler Trucks North America, LLC
159 156 98.11 Honda (American Honda Motor Co.)
126 124 98.41 Subaru of America, Inc.
3003 3001 99.93 Tesla, Inc.
1 1 100.00 Nuro
2 2 100.00 Mazda North American Operations
6 6 100.00 Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
71 71 100.00 BMW of North America, LLCI don't own nor do I want to own a Tesla, but stuff like this is what gets reported and the corrections or actual facts get buried in the resulting noise. I don't really even care that this is about tesla, even.
If this was some sort of rendering or CSV error on your part, then that could happen at CBS or msnbc just as easily, and tomorrow the headlines scream "Tesla only automaker shirking reporting responsibilities"
Tesla also has a problem of their telematics underreporting crashes. One of the reasons for that is they don’t consider it a crash if airbags don’t deploy. This was called out by the NHTSA in a prior investigation: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2022/INCR-EA22002-14496.pdf.
Here’s the relevant paragraph from that report:
> Gaps in Tesla's telematic data create uncertainty regarding the actual rate at which vehicles operating with Autopilot engaged are involved in crashes. Tesla is not aware of every crash involving Autopilot even for severe crashes because of gaps in telematic reporting. Tesla receives telematic data from its vehicles, when appropriate cellular connectivity exists and the antenna is not damaged during a crash, that support both crash notification and aggregation of fleet vehicle mileage. Tesla largely receives data for crashes only with pyrotechnic deployment, which are a minority of police reported crashes.
>and the crash involves a vulnerable road user being struck or results in a fatality, an air bag deployment, or any individual being transported to a hospital for medical treatment.