Waymo gets stuck in a roundabout loop
Waymo is often touted as the most advanced robotaxi system out there. Yet the vehicles are still befuddled by simply things like navigating a round-a-bout.
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Business Insider – Why GM pulled the plug on Cruise after spending $10 billion on robotaxis
Business Insider reports on how GM is shutting down the Cruise division. But their main point is that the robotaxi business is simply a bad business financially.
elektrek – Tesla loses its head of Autopilot HW engineering to Amazon’s self-driving effort
elektrek announces that Tesla is losing yet another critical long-term employee. This time it is the head of Autopilot and FSD HW engineering. Why would the head of AV hardware leave Tesla when they are supposedly lsoon to make billions of dollars off of their robotaxi business???
WSJ – General Motors Scraps Cruise Robotaxi Program
Wall Street Journal reports that, as predicted, Cruise has crashed. It is being shut down. And GM will focus more on development of advanced driver assistance systems, putting autonomy on the back burner.
Reuters – Tesla aims to launch robotaxi with teleoperator backup, Deutsche Bank says
Reuters reports that Tesla has come to the realization that FSD won't actually be adequate for robotaxis and that teleoperation will be needed. Tesla also explains that originally the robotaxis would be owned by Tesla, not by individuals as described earlier.
Barrons – Tesla Stock Rises as New Cybercab Details Emerge
Barrons falsely reports that Tesla robotaxis will be much cheaper because they will have half the parts. But the stock market loves the story!
TechCrunch – Waymo outsources fleet operations to African fintech Moove in Phoenix and, soon, Miami
TechCrunch reports that Waymo is starting to outsource operations of their robotaxis to an African fintech company in order to save on costs.
Jalopnik – Rogue Tesla Hits Other Cars Before Driving Off Rooftop With 2 Passengers Inside
Jalopnik reports on a Tesla going out of control on the top deck of a parking garage, speeding over speed bumps, hitting multiple cars, and then flying off the end of the building. Has not yet been ascertained whether the Tesla was in a assisted driving mode at the time. But it sure looks suspect. The passengers survived.
NBC DFW – Driverless semi company pumps the brakes, delays Texas launch
NBC Dallas-Fort Worth reports that Aurora has delayed their introduction of robotrucks, and when then do move forward they will only put a paltry 10 semis on the road. This is an incredibly weak start.
Teslarati – Tesla confirms incredible Optimus hand demo was teleoperated
Teslarati reports that Tesla faked yet another demo, but the fanboys ate it up as they always do. Once again, Tesla proves itself to not be a tech or AI company, but instead just a colossal grift.
AutoGuide – General Motors Wants To Stop People Being Mean To Autonomous Vehicles
AutoGuide reports that GM has been awarded a patent for having an autonomous vehicle respond to "adversarial behavior". It appears they really didn't like their Cruise vehicles getting traffic cones placed on them.
OregonLive – ‘Self-driving’ Tesla blasts through stop sign, sparks one of Oregon’s 1st autonomous-driving lawsuits
OregonLive reports on how lawsuits on Tesla's "Self-driving" system are reaching a crescendo. Still, Tesla is usually coming out unscathed due to them successfully blaming the driver for foolishly believing that FSD is actually Self Driving.
Common Sense Skeptic – Tesla ‘We Robot’ Breakdown and Analysis
Two-part video that is a brutal and in depth takedown of Elon Musk's robotaxi fakery. Quite educational. And a short bonus video at the end.
elektrek – Tesla preps a remote control team for robotaxi – taking a page out of Waymo’s book
1) Tesla is acknowledging they cannot create level-5 autonomy and that instead teleoperation needs to be used; 2) they currently do not have teleoperation infrastructure; and 3) they don't seem to understand that one cannot remotely drive a vehicle, but instead can only give instructions, as Waymo does.
It’s fakery all the way down
Even the Optimus robot toy appears to be some more Tesla fakery, on which to support all their other fakery
