Investors should've known they were being taken for the proverbial 'ride' when Tesla didn't even trust their driverless cars to operate without a driver in an access-restricted Las Vegas tunnel, where Tesla controls the environment top to bottom.
anonym29 · 58m ago
Missing from the headline:
1. This is not true for the existing commercial robotaxi fleet that the public can get rides in today.
2. This is true only for the engineering sample vehicles, which do not have the robotaxi decal applied, and which the public cannot get a ride in.
3. This is being done in the engineering sample vehicles because they are testing performance on highways now. s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶W̶a̶y̶m̶o̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶e̶t̶i̶t̶o̶r̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ ̶a̶t̶t̶e̶m̶p̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶e̶s̶t̶
FireBeyond · 52m ago
> This is not true for the existing commercial robotaxi fleet that the public can get rides in today.
The public? Must have opened things up, then, because it was only available to a select few recently (generally Tesla-positive influencers and vloggers).
The existing commercial robotaxi fleet? You mean the "10-20" vehicles in Austin? Sorry, Tesla announced that they'd increased the fleet size by 50%, so "15-30".
> This is being done in the engineering sample vehicles because they are testing performance on highways now - something Waymo and other competitors aren't even attempting to test.
Thanks for the heads up about Waymo. I've updated my original post.
netsharc · 4h ago
I was wondering if their taxi turned from an inconvenient 2-seater to a very incovenient 1-seater plus a dummy driver, but I guess they're testing with model Xes, not the 2-seaters they demoed...
toomuchtodo · 4h ago
They are cosplaying robotaxis to hold the stock price up.
1123581321 · 3h ago
Is there any publicly accessible data on the engagement rate of the safety monitors?
kelnos · 3h ago
It is absolutely hilarious to me that they call these "robotaxis". But this is just another in a long line of examples of Tesla naming things in ways just so they can sound like their capabilities are much more than they are.
1. This is not true for the existing commercial robotaxi fleet that the public can get rides in today.
2. This is true only for the engineering sample vehicles, which do not have the robotaxi decal applied, and which the public cannot get a ride in.
3. This is being done in the engineering sample vehicles because they are testing performance on highways now. s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶W̶a̶y̶m̶o̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶e̶t̶i̶t̶o̶r̶s̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ ̶a̶t̶t̶e̶m̶p̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶e̶s̶t̶
The public? Must have opened things up, then, because it was only available to a select few recently (generally Tesla-positive influencers and vloggers).
The existing commercial robotaxi fleet? You mean the "10-20" vehicles in Austin? Sorry, Tesla announced that they'd increased the fleet size by 50%, so "15-30".
> This is being done in the engineering sample vehicles because they are testing performance on highways now - something Waymo and other competitors aren't even attempting to test.
You're out of date. Waymo has been testing and is able to operate on California highways for the last year and a half (https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/2/24088454/waymo-california-...).
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