Tesla, however, is not doing everything right. Their self-driving and collision mitigation software is janky, causing deaths, and shoudln't be used on public roads until it is in a better state. Musk's insistence on using computer vision only reminds me a lot of Rush's stance on mixing materials. No one else agrees with either on this, and both made these decisions to save money.
Overall, however, Tesla cars are still pretty safe. The cars themselves are at the top of safety ratings. The hardware part of their cars from a safety perspective is a polar opposite of what Rush was doing. Their software is the weak point right now -- and probably not that far behind most car companies.
I am a big critic of Musk, but I don't think he'd ever have a company involved with such poor hardware design and engineering like Rush was. SpaceX does amazing work. Tesla can fix their software issues if they map their ambitions to reality better.
My comment is a bit all over the place, but Musk is ultimately a lot more experienced and responsbile than Rush.