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Tesla has yet to start testing its robotaxi without driver weeks before launch

by TheAlchemist on 5/15/25, 11:03 AM with 108 comments

• by tdhz77 on 5/15/25, 11:51 AM

  They must not be reporting the 5 things they did every week.

• by mg on 5/15/25, 11:42 AM

  I wonder when buses in public transport will become autonomous.

  It seems like a much easier thing to do. They drive on fixed routes and do not have to handle complicated parking situations.

  Here in Germany, Volkswagen is working on autonomous buses with its Moia subsidiary:

  https://www.youtube.com/@moia6222/videos

  As far as I know, the self-driving software they use is provided by Mobileye.

  But I have not yet seen any stats about miles driven, number of engagements etc. So I have no idea how far along they are.

• by johnisgood on 5/15/25, 11:45 AM

  In comparison, my girlfriend in LA has been using Waymo without issues. It is cheaper than Uber, too.

• by jgalt212 on 5/15/25, 4:58 PM

  The stock is up 50% from its April lows. They have no real incentive to execute.

  https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/TSLA/

• by akmarinov on 5/15/25, 12:32 PM

  Well, that's because they're not launching in weeks.

  Elon's whole thing is overpromise and underdeliver - see FSD, Cybertruck

• by bryanrasmussen on 5/15/25, 11:30 AM

  Doesn't Musk believe it's better to see what things don't work in production and then fix those rather than doing a lot of testing beforehand?