SF Chronicle – Could robotaxis be yet another reason for S.F.’s lack of new housing?
San Francisco Chronicle reports on how robotaxis are taking up valuable property that was was intended for housing.
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Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
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SF Chronicle – Person, dog killed as car at ‘extreme rate of speed’ hits 6 others in S.F., including Waymo
San Francisco Chronicle reports on how a person and a dog were killed and multiple cars were destroyed including a Waymo. This happened even though robotaxis are widely available in San Francisco. This dramatically shows that robotaxis are not the answer for safety. Instead, better street design is.
Mission Local – Tesla crashes into Mission District plant store
Mission Local reports on yet another crash due to Tesla "automatic" driving system. The idea that Tesla could create a working robotaxi system based on this technology is ludicrous.
SF Examiner – Court rejects San Francisco’s Waymo challenge
SF Examiner reports that the state court has rejected a lawsuit from December 2023 by the City of San Francisco. The lawsuit was attempting to overturn the California PUC's decision from October of 2023 to allow Waymo (and Cruise) to provide citywide robotaxi service.
Reuters – US closes probe into GM Cruise self-driving vehicles over pedestrian risks
Reuters reports on how NHTSA closes its probe into Cruise with respect to pedestrian safety. The probe was closed simply because Cruise is no longer viable.
Bloomberg – Why AI Investors Should Worry About the Self-Driving Car Crash
Bloomberg publishes one of the best written articles on the hype of the robotaxi business, and its inevitable fall. It shows how all of the robotaxi companies (including Waymo, but especially Tesla) have been dependent on hype to make the false claim that robotaxis have a near-term financially robust future. Yet they are still shockingly dependent on support by a large number of actual humans. And now, not only do robotaxis appear to be post peak bubble, generative AI companies will surely be following the same trajectory.
electrek – Elon Musk misrepresents data that shows Tesla is still years away from unsupervised self-driving
electrek reports on how it isn't just his video game playing skills that Elon lies about. Elon has continued to mislead investors and the public on how well FSD is working. Tesla makes claims only with respect to highway driving, and won't release the data needed to fully understand the issue. Meanwhile, crowd-sourced data shows that FSD improvements have been quite small, sometimes with big regressions, and that Tesla is nowhere near being able to provide a truly autonomous driving system needed for robotaxis.
Washington Post – Self-driving-car executives excited for Trump (and Musk) to take the wheel
Washington Post reports on how while the public continues to be very reluctant about robotaxis, the industry is planning on plowing ahead due to the expectation that the new Trump administration will gut safety standards.
electrek – Tesla issues recall on over 200,000 for the self-driving computer failure
electrek reports that Tesla's issues with its self-driving computers is so big that they have had to issue a recall for 200,000 vehicles due to the vehicles not meeting NHTSA requirements.
Detroit Free Press – Insurance Institute study: Vehicle safety systems couldn’t see reflective clothing
Detroit Free Press reports that several crash avoidance systems were flummoxed by reflective safety’s clothing, leading to significant danger.
Mission Local – On Mayor Lurie’s first day, stalled Waymos disrupt his Chinatown party
Mission Local reports on how Waymos responded incredibly quickly to Mayor Lurie's inauguration party by completely gumming up the streets.
Bloomberg – What Robotaxis Brought San Francisco
In Bloomberg, David Zipper interviews the outgoing director of the SFMTA, Jeffrey Tumlin, on the impact of robotaxis.
LA Times – Los Angeles man trapped in circling Waymo on way to airport says he missed his flight home
Los Angeles Times reports that once again a Waymo got stuck driving around in a loop. It appears that they have completely failed to fix this reoccurring issue.
SF Gate – ‘Fundamentally wrong’: Self-driving Tesla steers Calif. tech founder onto train tracks
SF Gate reports how Jesse Lyu was using Tesla FSD when it drove him right onto some streetcar tracks with a streetcar not to far behind him. And yes, Jesse Lyu ironically is the CEO of Rabbit, the creators of the Rabbit R1, one of the worst reviewed AI gadgets of 2024. Perhaps AI really isn't all there yet, you think?
WSJ – Tesla’s Car Business Isn’t Really in the Driver’s Seat
WSJ reports on how Tesla stock capitalization has been completely disassociated from the business of selling cars. Instead, it is predicated on the myth that they are an AI, robotaxi, and robotics company given that their car sales are actually in decline. Ironically, after this article was published Tesla stock rose over 6%.
