Zurich Cuts Tesla Premiums in Australia for Cars With FSD
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In Australia, an insurance company is already offering a discount if you use FSD on your Tesla. The full article can be read under the title Insurance for self-driving cars could be cheaper on the Electric Cars page. Additional writings by the author: Balázs Biró.
Although most Australians may not realize they are sharing roads with autonomous vehicles and may not fully trust their safety, Zurich Insurance announced on Monday (September 14) that it will offer premium discounts to owners of Fully Automated Drive (FSD) Tesla vehicles in Australia.
Zurich ties cheaper Tesla premiums to FSD mode in Australian first
Alex Morgan, Zurich’s head of general insurance, said the shift reflects what the insurer’s underwriters have observed in early claims data: automated trips are, on average, turning up fewer collisions than human-driven ones. “Humans make mistakes. They get tired. They can be distracted,” Morgan said, adding the technology is far from flawless but appears to [...]
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