Gizmodo – Tesla and Google’s Robotaxis Still Really Aren’t That Autonomous
Gizmodo reports on how Waymo and Tesla vehicles are not truly autonomous. And they won't solve any problems because they will just cause more traffic.
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Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
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Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
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The news media has expended considerable effort researching and publishing information about the robotaxi business. This channel highlights some of the important articles.
Read MoreGizmodo – Tesla and Google’s Robotaxis Still Really Aren’t That Autonomous
The Verge – How Texas’ hands-off approach to autonomous vehicles gave Tesla an opening
The Verge reports on how Tesla's robotaxi attempt is in Texas because of the extremely lenient laws there. Their politicians appears to simply not care at all about safety of the public.
KXAN Austin – US traffic safety agency says Tesla responded to letter concerning its robotaxis
KXAN Austin reports on how the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has stated that Tesla has answered their questions on how they plan on offering robotaxi service safely. But Tesla won't allow the answers to be released to the public even though they will be using public roads.
engadget – Tesla’s robotaxi debut will reportedly be limited to only 10 cars in very specific areas
engadget reports that the purported Tesla robotaxi launch will be quite a feeble joke
Benzinga – Tesla Cybertruck Caught Driving In Wrong Lane On FSD—Just Days Before Robotaxi Launch
Benzinga reports on yet another scary situation where a Cybertruck on FSD drives in the wrong lane right into oncoming traffic.
electrek – Zoox opens new production facility where its purpose-built robotaxis will be built
electrek reports that Zoox has created a dedicated factory in Hayward California for manufacturing their custom vehicles. Not only are they trying to develop self driving, but they are doing their own manufacturing, which will be incredibly cost inefficient.
electrek – Tesla Robotaxi launch is a dangerous game of smoke and mirrors
electrek reports on how Tesla's entire robotaxi launch is just a lot of misdirection.
SF Standard – A ride in San Francisco’s adorable new Zoox robotaxi made us slightly sick
SF Standard reports that Zoox is expecting to start robotaxi service "soon", but hey, don't sit in the front seats!
electrek – Bloomberg just released the most embarrassing report about Tesla, Waymo, and self-driving
electrek reports on a truly shoddy and misleading reports on Tesla vs Waymo and self driving robotaxis
electrek – Tesla on ‘self-driving’ gets stuck on train track and hit by train
electrek joins in on the reporting of a self driving Tesla heading down train tracks and gettn\ing scraped by a train
WFMZ News – Tesla sedan hit by train after self-driving error in Berks County, stops train traffic
WFMZ News reports on how a Tesla driving itself decided to turn down the railroad tracks and got stuck. The oncoming train then struck the mirror of the car in quite a close call. And Tesla is going to run a robotaxi service???
Business Insider – A study shows Waymo is more expensive than Uber and Lyft, but some people are willing to eat the extra costs
Business Insider reports that Waymo robotaxis are actually more expensive to use than Uber or Lyft. This does not bode well for the future of robotaxis as a profitable business venture, once the novelty wears off.
Bay Area Current – The Torched Waymos: Burning Effigies of Tech Oligarchy
Bay Area Current provides more in depth reasons for why protestors have been burning Waymos
CNBC – Tesla faces protests in Austin over Musk’s robotaxi plans
CNBC reports that even Texans don't want not stinking Elon robotaxis!
Wired – Ahead of Protests, Waymo Scales Back Robotaxi Service Nationwide
Waymo is apparently a bit tired of being the target of political ire. So they are hiding away for a few days.
