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

submitted 1 month 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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[-] huppakee@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago

Tesla: We need to release the product to the public asap, how else are we gonna create something that really works?

VW: https://youtu.be/Vaa3QH2hzRs

[-] protist@mander.xyz 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Google (Waymo) already has an entire fleet of autonomous vehicles available for hire in Austin and many other cities. Amazon (Zoox) has been testing on the roads in Austin for over a year now. Both have thus far seemed to be doing really well from a safety perspective. But then again, like VW, they're using lidar and can see through rain, fog, and night.

From a business perspective, Google and Amazon have diverse revenue streams and the deepest pockets imaginable, and will crush Tesla, whose only other sources of revenue are actively drying up.

[-] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

All of this is so plainly obvious, along with how shitty Tesla is as a company. But TSLA somehow keeps its overinflated value.

I don't understand it.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It's a meme stock. Game stop on ketamine.

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Forgive my ignorance, but why is Tesla using cameras and not LIDAR?

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Because Elon has far more influence than intelligence.

[-] lowered_lifted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

They used to use LIDAR but Musk decided the hardware cost too much

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It’s cheaper.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

So is not using a Tesla

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

What’s it cost to hire an assassin? Teslas might be cheaper.

Less reliable, though.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The one good thing about the Tesla implosion is the increased attention on Zoox

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