<div id="readability-page-1"><figure><img width="1600" height="875" src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/Tesla-Self-Driving-FSD-Hero.png/query-dz0xNjAw?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/09/Tesla-Self-Driving-FSD-Hero.png/query-dz0xNjAw"/></figure><p>Raffi Krikorian, Mozilla’s CTO and the former head of Uber’s self-driving car division, totaled his Tesla Model X while using “Full Self-Driving” on a residential street. His kids were in the back seat.</p><p>In a new essay published in The Atlantic, Krikorian breaks down the accident and offers what might be the most informed critique yet of the fundamental problem with Tesla’s approach to “supervised” autonomy — from someone who literally built self-driving systems for a living.</p><span id="more-460071"></span><h2 id="h-the-accident">The accident</h2><p>Krikorian describes a Sunday drive he had done hundreds of times — taking his son to a Boy Scouts meeting through Bay Area residential streets. His Tesla was in FSD mode, and the system was driving without issue until it suddenly wasn’t.</p><p>As the Model X entered a turn, FSD appeared to lose its bearings, Krikorian describes the wheel jerking erratically and the car decelerating without warning. He grabbed the steering wheel, but couldn’t recover in time. The car slammed into a concrete wall and was totaled. Krikorian suffered a concussion, a stiff neck, and days of headaches. His children were unharmed.</p></div>

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<p>Raffi Krikorian, Mozilla’s CTO and former head of Uber’s self-driving division, crashed his Tesla Model X while using Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode, resulting in a total loss of the vehicle. In an essay for The Atlantic, he critiques Tesla's supervised autonomy approach, detailing how the FSD system malfunctioned during a routine drive, leading to the accident. Krikorian suffered minor injuries, while his children were unharmed.</p>

- Raffi Krikorian, Mozilla’s CTO, experienced a serious accident while using Tesla’s "Full Self-Driving" mode with his children in the car.  
- In an essay for The Atlantic, he critiques Tesla's approach to supervised autonomy, detailing how the system lost control during a routine drive.  
- Krikorian's Tesla crashed into a concrete wall, resulting in a concussion for him, while his children were unharmed.

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Former Uber self-driving chief crashes his Tesla on FSD, exposes supervision problem