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Elon Musk's robotaxi will have a human driver for 'safety' reasons

by bundie on 6/20/25, 7:00 PM with 3 comments

  • by TheAlchemist on 6/20/25, 10:52 PM

    10 cars, human safety driver, operating from 6-12, geofenced, dependent on ... weather, available for Tesla influencers only.

    That's in 2025 folks. Tesla was supposed to have 1 million Robotaxis on the roads in 2020 or something. Also last year's pump included a carton car in a Hollywood studio that was supposed to be the Robotaxi... Anybody knows where are these cars 1 year later ?

    It's absolutely mind blowing to me, that this guy became the richest person on this planet, by essentially selling vaporwave to gullible investors. (to be clear - Tesla is a real company, making real cars. But the real world valuation of that business is 1% of it's current capitalization. 99% of it is Musk's promises of the future)

  • by daly on 6/21/25, 8:10 PM

    Hmmm... so if someone is riding in a Tesla Model Y robotaxi, grabs the wheel, and causes a crash... Tesla stock will get destroyed.

    Note that the "safety driver" is actually in the passenger seat.