You’re thinking of lead-acid batteries. Also, lithium-ion batteries can be put out with CO2 or a foam extinguisher.

Sounds like they’re expecting driver’s to take control. That’s why you’re asked to pay attention at all times. That’s also why it blocks you from using it if you ignore the warnings three times in a row (following the 8.0 update).

If someone changes lanes into you, the car will do its best to avoid said person (who’s probably on their phone).

Only Tesla uses a fleet-learning model where all of the cars phone back to home. That’s a big part of why they’re finding flaws in the system so fast.

He actually said that they call it a beta to discourage people from trusting it.

Don’t hold your breath. We’re too busy wasting a trillion dollars over the next thirty years on modernizing our nuclear weapons. The US only spends 50 million per year on planetary defense, and other countries even less than that (if at all). An impact event is the only preventable natural disaster and we currently…

It greatly annoys me that people call Tesla reckless for naming their system “Autopilot.” I would argue that Mercedes running a national ad showing a person actively taking their hands off the wheel is way more dangerous.