Introduction
There are no two ways about accepting the fact if automation is the future or not. It’s obvious the future is automation, with artificial intelligence technology, it is possible to automate virtually every sector that human labor is involved.
Driving is a form of human labor when controlling the wheels. Tesla had made it possible to drive without controlling the wheel, an automated system does that for you. This is coded in binary and uses logic inclusive of sensors, navigating and GPS system for driving.
To save fuel, Tesla supports the use of electrical and solar energy in substitute for fuel. To learn more about Tesla, click the link below: https://www.tesla.com
This content focuses on the death rates involving Elon Musk Tesla cars from the year 2013 to 2022 as compared with incidents of deaths experienced in petrol engine vehicles.
The data was gotten from:kaggle.com using the link below:
https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/ibriiee/tesla-autonomous-deaths-data-updated-2023
Variables
Variables used in this analysis were described as thus:
Case #
An instance of tesla death(s). Deaths can be caused without the Tesla’s been involved in a road accident. If any car is left running in an environment where air is limited, carbon monoxide poisoning can occur which can lead to slow death.
Year
The year the incident occurred.
Country
This is the country which the incident occurred.
State
This is the state where the incident of tesla death occurred.
Description
This is the description of accident that involved Tesla car(s).
Deaths
This is the number of deaths caused by Tesla cars.
Tesla driver
This is death caused when a Tesla car was engaged in driving mode.
Tesla occupant
This is the number of occupant in the tesla vehicle before incident of death occurred.
Other vehicle
Other vehicles involved in accident.
Cyclist / Peds
The number of cyclist and pedestrians involved.
TSLA + Cyclist + Peds
An incident of death that involved a tesla car, a cyclist and a pedestrian.
Model
Model of tesla vehicle.
Autopilot claimed
A claimed incidence of death caused by tesla vehicle that was engaged in autopilot.
Verified tesla autopilot death
A verified incidence of death caused by tesla vehicle when engaged in autopilot.
Verified tesla autopilot death + all deaths reported to NHTSA SGO
NHTSA stands for national Highway Traffic Safety Administrator of the executive branch the United States.
Other variables included are source and name of de.
Method of analysis
Descriptive statistics were used to present findings as regards deaths caused by Tesla vehicles.
Software used in analysis
The software used in this analysis were SPSS and excel.
Research Question 1
Which year has the highest amount of accidents that involved a Tesla vehicle that led to death?
From the chart above, the year with the highest number of Tesla cars led death is 2022 with a frequency of 95.
However there was a stepwise incremented rate of accident that occurring between 2020 – 2022, 2017 – 2019 and 2013 – 2016.
Research Question 2
Which country has the highest number of death toll rate of involving Tesla cars?.
To answer this question, a table is created which helps to visualize the country with the highest number of death cases that involved Tesla cars.
The country with a significant high number of Tesla death case is the United States with 295 cases reported during the stated period. The countries with the least amount of death case having a frequency of 1 are; Austria, Finland, Mexico, Portugal, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, and Ukraine.
However to know about other countries and their death case, please refer to the table above.
Research Question 3
Which state has the highest number of death case that involved Tesla cars?
From the bar chart below, the state with the highest number of death toll that involved Tesla cars is Canada details are found on the bar chart below.
Research Question 4
Despite engaging the driver mode of the Tesla car what is the total number of death casualty from 2013 to 2022?
In driver mode, the vehicle takes controls itself using sensors, GPS, navigation system but Tesla has emphasized that despite is automobiles adopting artificial intelligence technology, there is a need for drivers of its vehicles to remain attentive despite after engaging drive modes. The total number of deaths when the vehicle was engaged in automatic driving mode is 117 from the stated period which could be as a result of a driver, disobeying the rule of using Tesla cars.
Research Question 5
When a Tesla car was engaged in autopilot mode, how many death occurred throughout the period
Using excel sum function, presented the value of the total number of death when the autopilot mode was engaged. = 19 verified deaths were recorded
Conclusion
The content presented the death cases that involved Tesla cars as compared to the records of deaths we have seen/heard about petrol engine vehicles. However with artificial intelligence technology and fuel minimization opportunity, the number of death toll seems to be better fewer for Tesla cars than petrol engine cars we know.