When a Wednesday tweet from Tesla Club – San Diego (@sdteslaowners) suggested that all Tesla owners with basic Autopilot functionality, which comes standard on Tesla cars as of 2019, should have access to the Safety Score feature, Tesla CEO Elon Musk approved of the idea.
Ok
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 19, 2022
Replying with a succinct “Ok,” the Tesla CEO may have just confirmed that the feature could soon be rolled out to all Tesla owners. Right now, Safety Scores are limited to drivers who have purchased the Full Self-Driving (FSD) package and are trying to maintain a certain level of safety to qualify for beta testing. The scores are also used by those that have Tesla Insurance offered in their state.
Tesla’s Safety Scores are an estimate of the likelihood of an individual’s driving resulting in a future collision. The higher your Safety Score, the safer Tesla’s metrics have deemed your driving behavior. Safety Scores are calculated using five metrics from the company’s Insurance Calculator.
Daily Safety Scores are aggregated (up to 30 days) into a mileage-weighted average, calculating a driver’s overall Safety Score.
Tesla uses a 7-day aggregate of drivers’ Safety Scores to determine eligibility for entry into the ongoing FSD beta program, which started accepting public requests for enrollment with the 2021.32.22 software update. Furthermore, Safety Scores also determine how soon FSD beta testers get the latest updates, with the highest scores being the first to receive them.
As @sdteslaowners noted in their original tweet, widespread access to Safety Scores stands to “promote safe driving,” since it will help make drivers more aware of their behavior on the road.
