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Tesla Has 39 Unsupervised Robotaxis Nearly a Year After Launch. At This Rate, They’ll Catch Up to Waymo in 85 Years. (fuelarc.com)
submitted 1 month ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world
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TLDR: Tesla will have as many robotaxis as Waymo in the year 2111, if the current growth rate holds (and if Waymo doesn't add a single additional vehicle). So... I'm guessing the Tesla stock price will skyrocket.

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[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Here’s the problem for Tesla: their “full self driving” doesn’t fucking work. I had it for years (first run model 3) and it was always 1 step forward, 1 back. Make one thing better, another gets worse. This was still the case when I dumped my 3 after The Salute. I never got what I paid for.

They’re clearly still in the same predicament, so instead they have “supervisors” remote-controlling the cars. Musk simply refuses to acknowledge this fact and keeps promising it indefinitely. And people keep believing it.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And people keep believing it.

At this point I'm not sure anyone believes it. I think everyone is just hoping there will still be enough suckers down the road to make some money before it collapses.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 4 weeks ago

Yeah I remember pre 2010 a lot of talk about self driving cars like they are 5 years away.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

You got exactly what you paid for. You paid to be a beta tester.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Wrong. I was sold full self driving and the date was promised. And then promised. And then promised. “By the end of the year”, “before thanksgiving “, and on and on. Full self driving.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world -3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

They definitely always said it was a beta program. You fell for the con. I get that you're upset, but got got what they sold to you.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It’s called Full Self Driving. You’re forgetting history here. Don’t smugly blame me for being a mark when it literally said on their site that the car will be able to drive me door to door, park itself, and come get me later. Beta or not, this was the actual promise. They made very specific claims with concrete dates. They lied. I didn’t get what they sold me. Yes, it was a con, but that literally means I didn’t get what they sold me.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world -2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, they tricked you by giving it that name. But they gave all kinds of fine print saying it was a beta program you were buying into.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago

A beta program means the features exist and you agree to help report issues. They lied about what would even be in the beta program.