Tesla is about to launch ‘Robotaxi’ in Bay Area
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Tesla just updated its autonomous Robotaxi coverage map in Austin, Texas. The service area is similar to rival Waymo’s map but extends coverage. Customers noticed what could be a somewhat intentional shape to the map.
Monday's near deadly accident with a Tesla autonomous car driving towards an oncoming train show humans are still needed to prevent collisions.
An upside-down Tesla “T”? An upraised middle finger? Something else? The geofenced boundaries of the EV maker’s new Austin service area are drawing laughs and criticism.
I watched over two hours of footage of Tesla's robotaxi service: I saw an Uber-like app experience, the in-car interface, and miles of Austin streets.
Tesla is reportedly expanding its early Robotaxi testing in San Francisco, California, after it launched the program in Austin, Texas.
Tesla has put its foot in its mouth regarding its self-driving efforts during its quarterly conference call last night.
For comparison, Alphabet's Waymo covers a roughly equal, but far less penile-shaped area of Austin. Musk recently announced the Robotaxi project's expansion in Austin, and added that the Robotaxi service may expand to the Bay Area "in a month or two." We shudder to think which shape the Robotaxi geofenced area may take over there.
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On Monday, Tesla posted a picture of the robotaxi's new coverage area within Austin, focusing mainly on moving north up I-35 and a wider swath of South Austin below Lady Bird Lake. And it looks like a penis. "Harder, better, faster, stronger," the company's official robotaxi account posted on X, alongside a photo of the map.
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