I think you're missing the point, thermal lithium burn doesn't cause accidents that's the post effect. Same could be said with fuel.
I'm not.
Just keep a gun in the glove box and set a glove box password, problem solved.
I've used my FSD 12.x on the freeway, accelerated rapidly and once I went over 85mph the alarm bells went off and if I didn't grab the wheel I was going into the center divider. I was upset about that, FSD should never just turn off like that even if I'm going 100+mph
Right but we're assuming they didn't die on impact. No way to know, lithium burn did not cause the accident which resulted in death. Unfortunately theres no solution for any vehicle that prevents is from catching fire after an accident especially one at those speeds.
FSD needs some work, I'm happy to keep using and training it, however it's just not ready for the average driver.
I'll be shocked if that accident had anything to do with FSD. FSD does indeed make some bad decisions, but with >40,000 annual automobile fatalities in the US alone, I'd argue that the problem lies more often with the average driver.
I don't suggest this, but if you want to experience it, while on a right turn using FSD accelerate past 85 rapidly and be ready to take over. Make sure you're not next to the center divider, leave yourself some room to catch it. Even if you're ready for it it will still drift towards the divider a bit. Don't do this while on a left turn if there's cars around you for obvious reasons.
Maybe, just maybe, pay attention to the alerts instead of ignoring them while accelerating into a turn.
"Accelerated during a turn" because I needed to avoid someone. Required immediate action, FSD instantly cut off at the same time as the alert popped up.
Teslas are some the safest crash tested vehicles. One occupant was taken out alive. Reason would say the others would be too (restraints assumed).
And it was supposed to guess what you wanted and execute a maneuver it isn't qualified to do?
What fires? This didn't involve the battery. And BEVs burn less often than ICE vehicles.
You assumed control the instant you accelerated beyond the operating speed range of FSD. FSD didn't accelerate you to that speed, you chose to do so and by exceeding the cutoff, you disengaged FSD. The alternative would be for the vehicle to refuse to accelerate beyond 85 mph while FSD is engaged. It sounds like you learned a valuable lesson, if you're taking control of the vehicle to avoid something, you're taking control of the whole vehicle.
You could argue that Tesla has done exactly that by switching to a 48V low voltage system. 48V components require lower current and lower current means less heat and less likelihood of ignition from a short. As long as you're carrying energy, you risk that energy igniting a fire. EVs are already several times less likely to catch fire than an ICE.
