Police departments are among the fleet operators that are increasingly turning to electric vehicles for the economic and environmental benefits. But for all their Tesla enthusiasm, there’s one feature they overwhelmingly aren’t touching — “full self-driving.”
The $10,000 optional software feature includes driver-assist features that Tesla hopes will one day allow the cars to drive themselves. Not all Teslas have “full self-driving.” Currently, “full self-driving” is available in Beta form and has only been released to a limited group of people.
Fleet operators want safer driving and more productive vehicles, according to Westport, Connecticut police chief Foti Koskinas. He said there is no objective data proving that “full self-driving” is safer than a human driver. “Full self-driving” has not been shown to make Teslas today more productive, he said.
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