NPR – Tesla is expected to unveil a robotaxi tonight: 5 things to know
NPR does some excellent reporting before the Tesla "robotaxi reveal" event on October 10th. Key point is that Musk has consistently promised robotaxis next year, for years!
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Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
Robotaxi.news
Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
Scouring the news for interesting articles on robotaxis.
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The Verge – The bill finally comes due for Elon Musk
Andrew Hawkings at the Verge wrote a truly great article on how the Tesla "robotaxi reveal" will be a joke.
SF Examiner – SF nonprofit grateful for Waymo partnership — but there’s a catch
SF Examiner reports on how Waymo is using a charity as a cynical marketing ploy. They are using Waymo vehicles to deliver food for a charity. Of course to deliver food you need a human driver. If Waymo really wants to make a charitable contribution, they should simply donate money directly to the organization.
SF Chronicle – S.F. woman’s viral video shows her trapped in a Waymo by men asking for her number
SF Chronicle reports on how a problem with autonomous vehicles is that passengers are trapped when they get harassed. Certainly expect more of this to happen.
Financial Times – Rolling out driverless cars is ‘extraordinary grind’, says Waymo boss
An old article from the Financial Times on the difficulties encountered when rolling out autonomous vehicles. Since this article is quite relevant to the upcoming October 10th Tesla robotaxi fiasco, it is worth reading again today.
Fast Company – California almost passed a landmark law to prevent reckless speeding—then Newsom vetoed it
David Zipper reports in Fast Company on how the automobile industry managed to prevent this dire needed technology from being required. Identical speed assist systems are already required in Europe on new cars, even ones manufactured in the US. The automobile companies already have to provide this!
