TechCrunch – Tesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving teleoperators
TechCrunch reports that Tesla robotaxis go crashy crashy. And this happened while a teleoperator was remotely driving the vehicles!
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Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
Robotaxi.news
Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
Tesla
Clearly the robotaxi company with the weakest sensors, the worst software, and the most deranged CEO. Fortunately reality has not been tainted by an actual robotaxis implementation, though long promised by their leader…
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Business Insider – Tesla Robotaxis rolled out in Dallas. This guy had a wild highway ride.
Business Insider reports that a Tesla FSD fanboy tried to take a robotaxi but of course it took a few hours since Tesla only has a handful of them actually running in Dallas, and only for publicity. And then the Tesla took to freeway for a wild ride ooand tried to pull over while cars zoomed by.
Wired – Tesla Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Driven by Remote Humans
Wired reports that Tesla acknowledges that their "robotaxis" are sometimes actually driven by humans. This is of course not a surprise given the Tesla Optimus robots are known to actually be just teleoperated puppets. Certainly is peculiar that the company is valued at $1.4T based on robotaxis and humanoid robots.
Benzinga – Elon Musk’s Tesla Ride-Hailing Service Isn’t A Robotaxi, California Regulator Says
Benzinga reports that the California Public Utilities Commission has declared that Tesla does not have true autonomous capability and therefore does not have an actual robotaxi system. Whoops. You can always count on Elon to not speak the truth.
Business Insider – Best reporting on robotaxis ever
Business Insider provides a truly informative documentary on the current state of robotaxis. Covers everything from cost to safety. But most importantly, it asks if we are even asking the right questions, and whether we should instead be looking at how some cities made their streets much safer ... without any robotaxis at all. A must watch.
Austin American-Statesman – Tesla, Waymo report new Austin crashes as robotaxi operations face increasing scrutiny
Austin American-Statesman reports that both Waymo and Tesla are all crashy-crashy in Austin. Frankly, it is quite amazing that they claim that autonomous vehicles are safe when they get into so many mishaps.
electrek – Former Uber self-driving chief crashes his Tesla on FSD, exposes supervision problem
electrek reports on how Tesla FSD relies on humans taking over when things go wrong, yet this is an impossible task. It takes too long for human drivers to context shift and take over driving. And since Tesla FSD is not full autonomy, the human driver is fully responsible for the inadequacies of the semi-autonomous system.
electrek – Tesla Cybercab program manager exits ahead of launch
electrek reports that the head of the Cybercab program has left Tesla. Clearly the head of the program had no faith in the success of the program itself.
electrek – Tesla avoids 30-day California sales suspension after dropping misleading ‘Autopilot’ marketing
electrek reports that Tesla has dodged a 30-day suspension in California by finally changing their false marketing campaigns. Tesla is completely dropping "AutoPilot" and will only refer to FSD through the amazing contradiction of "Full Self Driving (supervised)"
electrek – Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month — 4x worse than humans
electrek reports that Tesla Rbootaxis keep on crashing. And finally Tesla admits to one of their robotaxi crashes resulted in hospitalization.
electrek – Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ status check: 8 months in, 19% availability, and all of Musk’s promises are missing
electrek fact checks Elon's statements on the alleged Tesla robotaxi service and finds that it is all just a bunch of lies.
5 NBC DFW – When cars help drive: Texas crash video highlights risk of drinking and relying on tech
5 NBC DFW reports on how relying on the "self-driving" features of a Tesla can go incredibly wrong. Once again, a Tesla ran into emergency vehicles with their lights flashing. This completely demolishes the argument that AVs will help eliminate the dangers of drunk driving. Drunk driving is still drunk driving, even if one has some fancy, but half-baked, technology.
electrek – Tesla’s own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor
electrek reports that Tesla continues to try to hide as much as their safety data as possible, yet the data available still shows that they have a 3x crash rate compared to human drivers.
electrek – Tesla didn’t remove the Robotaxi ‘safety monitor’ – it just moved them to a trailing car
electrek reports on how Tesla robotaxis are still in no way automomous. Musk recently announced that Tesla would be operating service without a safety driver human in the car. Turns out the safety human is simply in another car following close behind. Just as the Tesla Optimus "robots" are simply teleoperated puppets, the Tesla robotaxis aren't actually autonomous. But hey, expect lots of BS at the earnings announcement on January 26 in order to keep the stock inflated as much as possible.
The Telegraph – Driverless cars promise a revolution. But can they handle the British weather?
The Telegraph reports that Waymos and other robotaxis will be coming to England. But also notes that some of their "supervisors" are located all the over in the Philippines. Sure hope nothing goes wrong (as it has many times in San Francisco)!
