electrek – Tesla (TSLA) has to replace computer in ~4 million cars or compensate their owners
electrek reports that contrary to Elon Musk's claims, the Tesla hardware is simply not capable of handling true autonomous driving.
Robotaxi.news
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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Reuters – Tesla’s software engineering head to step down, Bloomberg News reports
Reuters reports that when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Now the last of the long-time execs has joined the exodus.
NY Times – Elon Musk Backlash Turns Into Global Sales Slump for Tesla
NY Times reports a huge sales slump to 337K vehicles for Q1, exactly inline with the robotaxi.news estimate of 335k from a few days ago. This is a true disaster for Tesla. Yet today their stock rose by over 5% due to it now being without a doubt a pure meme stock.
Seeking Alpha – Wells Fargo warns Tesla could fall 50% after deliveries, earnings, and the Cybercab rollout disappoint
Seeking Alpha reports on how Wells Fargo warns that their stock could fall by 50% after pathetically low deliveries are announced. Plus they are very skeptical about the June Cybercab rollout.
The Teslantic has hit an iceberg. When is it going to sink?
Predictions are only predictions if they are both explained and recorded. So this is official prediction of Tesla tanking in June 2025.
electrek – Tesla hypes ‘unsupervised full self-driving’ launch in June: here’s what it will actually launch
electrek reports on how the purported Tesla launch of ‘unsupervised full self-driving’ in June is simply yet another empty promise. Tesla doesn't have the technology. And they are hiring teleoperation folks to get their cars out of the inevitable problematic situations they will encounter.
electrek – Tesla drops ‘FSD’ from name of its driver-assist tech in China
electrek reports on how Tesla has had to remove "Full Self Driving" and "Autopilot" terms from the products it sells in China, given that they are patently not true. Also noteworthy that Chinese human drivers are receiving tickets for bad driving when the use the Tesla driver assist features.
TechCrunch – What Tesla can and can’t do in California with its new passenger transportation permit
A great deal of ink has been spilled (pixels have been pushed??) on how Tesla received first of the permits needed to run a robotaxi service. Fanboys got excited! But this permit has absolutely nothing to do with robotaxis. It simply is a permit to run an app-based Uber like system with human drivers. This is of course not something that Tesla actually plans on doing. Therefore it is a complete nothing of an announcement. Thankfully TechCrunch clarifies the situation.
electrek – Tesla Autopilot drives into Wile E Coyote fake road wall in camera vs lidar test
electrek reports on a truly wild YouTube video by Mark Roper showing that without LiDAR that the Tesla's completely miss detecting objects in the middle of the road. And please, a moment of silence for the multiple mannequins that were completely demolished by the Tesla.
electrek – Tesla’s top crash safety architect quits
electrek reports that Petter Winberg, Tesla’s Principal Engineer for CAE crashing safety for the last decade, has joined the exodus of key employees from Tesla. Kind of hard to develop new products when your key people lose faith and leave.
electrek – Former Waymo CEO on Tesla’s robotaxi launch: ‘there are many ways to fake a robotaxi service’
electrek reports on statements be Waymo ex-CEO John Krafcik on how Tesla isn't even trying to create a viable robotaxi. If they were, the design of the "cybercab" would be very different.
Reuters – Tesla’s stock defied gravity for years. Is Elon Musk’s EV party over?
Reuters reports on how Tesla stock has long defied gravity (also known as investors being fleeced), and points out that it appears the smoke and mirrors might finally come to a crashing close.
The Telegraph – Britain blocks launch of Elon Musk’s self-driving Tesla
The Telegraph reports how Britain is upholding their safety standards and not allowing the use of Tesla FSD for now.
elektrec – Tesla is hit with a fresh class action about its self-driving claims, hardware 3 computer
elektrec reports that Tesla has been hit by another class action lawsuit, this one in Australia. The lawsuit is due to dangerous braking and also Tesla misrepresenting the capabilities so its "self-driving" system.
Washington Post – Elon Musk’s Tesla moves to launch free self-driving taxi service in California
Washington Post misleadingly reports that Tesla has taken a significant step towards providing robotaxi service in California. But actually the permit from the CPUC only allows for passengers to use Teslas as a human-driven taxi service. Tesla hasn't even applied for a permit from the DMV to operate driver-less vehicles in California.
