When will Tesla give up on cars?
Stand by for a pronouncement from Elon that fully self-driving cars, humanoid robots, and unattended cafes are necessary for the settlement of Mars
Thousands of miles behind Waymo, whose self-driving taxi cabs are so prolific as to have already entered into the realm of public nuisance, Tesla can’t even tell the truth about its “Robotaxi.”
Musk recently promised investors that the Tesla self-driving taxi was entering “unsupervised” trials in Austin, Texas. Futurism reports this is untrue, and the promise is “another classic Musk bait and switch.”
Last week, Musk made huge waves when he announced that the automaker’s Robotaxi service would finally be giving rides in Austin, Texas, without a human “safety monitor” in the car — something he promised would’ve been the case since day one.
What Musk left out of that announcement, however, was that the human supervisors were moved to another car that followed the robotaxi instead, a workaround that was as dishonest as it was impractical.
Now, the EV blog Electrek reports another bit of Musk subterfuge. Based on what the service’s customers are saying, it appears that, at this moment, none of the Robotaxi rides that Tesla has been giving are “unsupervised.”
Stand by for a pronouncement from Elon that fully self-driving cars, humanoid robots, and unattended cafes are necessary for the settlement of Mars, and that SpaceX must buy Tesla.
Back in the old days, this kind of thing was known as securities fraud, with jail time, fines and disgorgement of profits. But regulation is so 20th century.
Both the orange pedo protector and the pasty white South African immigrant seem to have CONfidence that they are superior to all other MEN.