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Tesla’s Robotaxi Can’t Drive in the Rain, and Dumps Passengers If the Weather Looks Risky. (fuelarc.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Imagine a taxi that can't operate in the rain. That is what Tesla has delivered in Austin TX.

These riders learned that the hard way, but don't have anything particularly negative to say about it... That's the advantage of only making a Robotaxi service available to hand-picked Tesla influencers.

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[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 44 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Something is very wrong in this universe since Elon Musk continues to earn more and more money.

EDIT: Because he doesn’t have enough! And can’t think of anything fucking better to do with his time!

[-] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 3 weeks ago

Earn is a strong word. He obtains more money.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Accumulates

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

Accretes?

[-] Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 weeks ago

....you know, I never thought of it that way before but yeah, the way our economic system is designed, money is like gravity. Once it passes a certain threshold, it just...accretes.

And much like gravity it would take a rare and exceptionally violent event to break that hold and scatter it again in a way it won't just pull back together.

[-] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago

earn more and more money

STEAL more and more money

FTFY

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 6 points 3 weeks ago

Because it's all government subsidies/contracts.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 weeks ago

We pay him. Involuntarily. That’s how “capitalism” is supposed to work. Right?

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Far as I can tell, he's losing money, just not fast enough to choke him to death.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Manual override: on.

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