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So is this confirmation that they are launching essentially a driverless Tesla-brand Uber competitor?

• jfoster 10y ago
  That was already confirmed. https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux https://www.tesla.com/blog/master-plan-part-deux "You will also be able to add your car to the Tesla shared fleet just by tapping a button on the Tesla phone app and have it generate income for you while you're at work or on vacation"
  • AnimalMuppet 10y ago
    ... and perhaps legal liability for you, if it's involved in a crash or a passenger injury.
    • jfoster 10y ago
      That wouldn't make much sense. Unless you were negligent in some way (modifications, maintenance not done, etc.), I would expect Tesla to be the liable party. The owner is just using a Tesla feature in the way the company intended.
      • jellicle 10y ago
        That is charmingly optimistic.
        • sjwright 10y ago
          A significant incident will occur shortly after the network is switched on and Tesla's reaction to that incident will affirm his optimism... Or it will cause their whole business model to fail overnight. Either way.
      • AnimalMuppet 10y ago
        Passenger claims that they severely sprained their ankle by tepping on a kid's toy as they got in. The claim is against the car owner, not Tesla. In the case of Uber, the driver is there as a witness to dispute their account. In the Tesla case, nobody saw it.
        • ConnorBoyd 10y ago
          Nobody except the eight cameras on the car
          • AnimalMuppet 10y ago
            Pointed at the interior? And if there are, and if Tesla can monitor them, that's a whole nother set of problems...