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

www.neowin.net Elon Musk's robotaxi will have a human driver for 'safety' reasons

As the tentative launch date for Tesla's Robotaxi service approaches, more details are emerging, including the presence of a human safety driver and other key aspects.

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www.neowin.net /news/elon-musks-robotaxi-will-have-a-human-driver-for-safety-reasons/

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I thought it was a 2 seater with no controls. Lemme guess... It's a fleet of Model 3s.
- The driver fits in the trunk.
  
  Why do you think that Teslas have a “frunk”? It’s for holding the driver, of course.
  
  Ah, so the Model S.
- Didn't Tesla choose not to allow Tesla vehicle lessee's to not buy their cars so they can convert them to robo taxis and also software upgrade them so sell at a higher price in the certified pre-owned market?
  
  That was the initial plan but it hit a number of roadblocks.
  The release of the Robotaxi product was much delayed, and had Tesla kept to the "no buyout of leased cars" they would have been swimming in returned vehicles with nothing to do with them yet.
  The policy was put in place at a time when the autonomous hardware was thought to be the "final" version (referred to as Hardware 3). It turns out the "final" version wasn't powerful enough, so a new final version was released (Hardware 4). So all the cars that were leased were not going to be useful as taxi cabs, so they offered those for sale to their leasers.
- Cybertrucks pulling wooden carts.
  
  Gotta do something with all that extra and unsellable inventory.
- The purpose built one coming in 2026 is a 2 seater. This launch is using the new Model Y's
  
  Oh so it'll be a fleet of Model Y's.
  
  To start ya. It'll eventually be all their models, we'll... probably not the CT.

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