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.
cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/26743397
Yeah likely because Elon Musk stripped out the Lidar from tesla cars to save money and relies on cameras only. A tech bro who thinks he knows better than engineers.
I wouldn't want to be anywhere near a self driving tesla.
For anyone curious why ripping out LiDAR was a bad idea.
That said, I suspect this is also meant to pre-empt what's been happening to Waymo recently where a small number of protestors were summoning robotaxis and either boxing them in or sabotaging them to use as barricades. With how people feel about Tesla right now, I imagine a whole lot of these would soon be summoned to remote locations to be met by a masked person carrying a can of gas and a lighter. That's also why they're demanding a credit card on file.
Yeah this guy is dumb as fuck and this fact proves it.
Hopefully the driver is wearing one of those tesla robot costumes.
So it's a 2-passenger bus? I would rather hitch a ride with a serial killer before getting into a death trap tesla anything.
What an unattractive job. Just riding along to act as a human shield in case someone's tries to set the company property on fire. Also some chance of being burned alive inside due to collisions or malfunctions.
Admitting waymo has better self driving tech
