Do all other maker's ADAS equipped cars report directly to the manufacturer when a crash has occurred, as do Teslas? If not, then how do we know that the numbers reported by other manufacturers are complete and accurate?My understanding is ProPilot Assist was initially released on 2019 models.
So it should be a good 3 years. Quite a bit less time than Tesla, but not exactly nothing either.
Do these other brands keep log data in the car that identifies when ADAS is being used and when a crash occurs? If not, how does the manufacturer know whether a crash is reportable? Are ADAS-equipped cars required to record this information?
If a crash occurs, are first responders required to collect information from the driver (if possible) so that accident reports would identify whether the car was using ADAS near the time of the accident?
If an owner has body work done on his car, is the body shop required to access any ADAS logs and report ADAS usage to the manufacturer?
I suspect that the ADAS reporting requirements apply only to that data that the manufacturer has in their possession and would not impose a burden on them to design features in the car for that purpose. Nor would it likely impose a burden on anyone else to report any such data to the manufacturer. So, if a car is crashed with no significant injuries and taken to a third party repair shop, how does the manufacturer report this?
Tesla, by virtue of their well-connected infrastructure, does get data from any car that crashes, so long as the car is still capable of doing so. This almost certainly slants raw data toward higher numbers of accidents.