We have written several times about Tesla’s massively missed targets for robotaxi rollout, including an article yesterday highlighting some of the problems making the service inadequate and low volume. However, a reader noted that there has been progress that we haven’t reported on. The reader, Ole Laursen, pointed us to … [continued]
Reuters has an article out titled “Tesla’s robotaxi rollout features Texas-sized wait times.” Youch — stinger. Of course, as I’ve reminded readers in the past, less than a year ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk predicted that Tesla robotaxis would probably be covering half of the US population by the end … [continued]
Tesla Robotaxi in San Francisco is cheaper than Waymo/Uber/Lyft, offers smooth comparable rides, but has longer waits and rare safety-driver interventions. Unsupervised rollout feels near with upcoming FSD update. Here at CleanTechnica, we have written a lot over the years on Tesla’s long path to an unsupervised robotaxi service. Most … [continued]
One argument Elon Musk and Tesla fans have made for ages — for about a decade — is that the extra costs of sensors like lidar and radar for self-driving vehicles are not worth it, are illogical, and will be the death of a company like Waymo. Just use cameras … [continued]
Elon Musk surprised attendees with an appearance in Davos at the World Economic Forum. His remarks were delivered as part of a conversation with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and filled with ideas that ranged from the future of AI and human longevity to driverless transportation. “We are in the most … [continued]
… in a fairytale. Naturally, there have been so many claims and forecasts about Tesla “Full Self Driving” and robotaxis over the past decade that it’s become easy to forget them and to brush new ones under the rug quickly. However, Elon Musk made a huge one last year, and … [continued]
Elon Musk made a statement last week that was really hard to understand, because it was seemingly way outside of his normal statements on self-driving capability and Tesla robotaxis. I still don’t really know what to make of it, but let’s dive in. And then after looking at some of … [continued]
Tesla will start production of the Cybercab later this year in what will be the first real world test of its full self driving software.
I recently wrote about the latest updates to the long-running Tesla vs. Waymo battle. However, I missed some things! Plus, I completely forgot about a pretty wild claim Elon Musk made earlier in the year and therefore missed adding an update on that as part of this discussion. Waymo vs. … [continued]
A few days ago, I reported on Elon Musk’s statement that driverless Tesla robotaxis without human safety monitors would be on the road in Austin, Texas, within a few weeks — just before the end of 2025. Well, earlier today, two such vehicles were spotted in Austin — but without … [continued]
