We’re getting the first videos of “select guests” getting access to Tesla’s Robotaxi service in Austin, and the level of polish leaves something to be desired.
For instance, one gaggle of Tesla influencers was dropped off directly in an intersection, leading to these wooly screenshots.
A ‘gaggle of Tesla influencers’ sounds like the worst kind of people to meet.
‘Uncritical paid schill’ seems more appropriate.
Surely the collective noun for Tesla influencers isn’t gaggle, cult maybe or perhaps harim.
Gaggle makes them sound cute.
I wonder how long the facade will hold. They can’t restrict the service to pro-Tesla influencers forever and the safety guys will have to go eventually. How long before weird or dangerous incidents start to happen? Days, weeks? It won’t take months, of that I am certain.
I imagine it’ll last until the next major US holiday, it won’t be able to deal with heavy traffic.
How long before weird or dangerous incidents start to happen?
Well…
one gaggle of Tesla influencers was dropped off directly in an intersection
Never mind, scarier stuff is being released from day one: https://fuelarc.com/cars/tesla-robotaxi-freaks-out-and-drives-into-oncoming-traffic-on-first-day/
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Watching the video that’s still pretty tame. Not good, but nothing to make the news either. I expect much worse.
I’d only it had dropped them off a cliff.
My over/under to a major crash from when they remove safety operator from front seat? Under 14 days.
Yeah, sounds about right.
Had to zoom in to convince myself that thing didn’t get the crap keyed out of it
They look different than the concept model.
It’s not the cybecab, just normal Tesla with fsd
Confusing! Even the same font used.
So it’s an idea from… 2019.
They’re starting with existing vehicles and safety drivers. I don’t believe the robotics are coming off the lines yet
Are these cheaper or is it just Uber etc trying to maximise their profits by cutting out the salary bit?
They are currently dirt cheap, because Tesla isn’t looking to profit (this is a PR stunt and stock pumping excercise for now).
The rides cost $4.20. Haaah, that joke will never get old, Elon :|
And yes, the reason that it impacts the stock price so radically, is that labor is a huge portion of professional driving expense. If you can make every professional driver unemployed by automating their job, you can make a small handful of people very, very rich.
The rides cost $4.20
Goddammit that dude is a tiresome fuckwit.
This has always been Uber’s goal, it’s why they’ve shovelled literally billions into self-driving research.
and why they treat their drivers like subhuman robots already.
