Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
The news media has expended considerable effort researching and publishing information about the robotaxi business. This channel highlights some of the important articles.
Business Insider asked several "experts" on how they thought the Tesla robotaxi introduction went. Phantom braking and the the use of only vision sensors are clearly problems.
Electrek reports that once again Elon Musk misled his legions of fanboys. He recommended that they bet on June full service robotaxi service, but Tesla was of course not able to meet the criteria. Some fanboys lost good amount of money.
Yahoo News reports on how Tesla has been completely misleading when it comes to their safety statistics
TheVerge reports on the rather frightening list of robotaxi mishaps that Tesla has had in just first couple of days.
The NYC Daily News Editorial Board urges the city to put up significant guardrails before allowing Waymo robotaxis.
Streetsblog questions the safety of the Tesla autonomous driving system by showing how it doesn't stop for school buses and would run over a child given the opportunity.
Reuters reports on how Tesla "robotaxis" have already malfunctioned enough that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is asking them what the heck is going on.
Reuters reports on how Tesla refuses to release any safety information. Sounds like they know how unsafe their driving system actually is.
CNN reports on how weak the the Tesla robotaxi tech is, even driving on the wrong side of a double yellow line.
electrek reports on how Tesla has an incredibly weak rollout of their "robotaxi" system, with a backup person onboard plus a human teleoperator. Yet their stock rises due to delusional fanboys like Dan Ives.
First Coast News reports on how Jacksonville is planning on launching an autonomous shuttle system. This will surely fail quickly.
TechCrunch reports that Tesla indeed launched something today, where they gave out rides for $4.20 to fanboys. But as everyone knew was going to happen, there is a human co-pilot in every vehicle and lots of teleoperation, too. Just like their fake Optimus robots.
Forbes reports that the Tesla robotaxi "launch" is, as expected, a complete joke. Not only did they miss their start date, but they have to use a human safety driver in the passenger seat.
electrek reports on how even Andrej Karpathy, the former head of AI at Tesla, doesn't believes that Teslas nor Waymos are truly automated driving. That technology simply doesn't exist yet.
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.
