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Elon Musk announces Tesla will unveil a 'robotaxi' on August 8

8 points by rmason 3y ago

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rmason 3y ago
Got a friend who has been an early Tesla booster. He has managed to receive early betas of the software. He made a statement to us that Tesla had finally achieved fully autonomous driving. I was a bit skeptical but he said wait and see, its happening this year. Now with this announcement I concede that he may have seen the future. Course with Musk's record of delivery it may well be 2025 before we see full remote driving but that's still better than the SF zeitgeist thinks it will happen.
- akerl_ 3y ago
  Is this just rage bait? He made the same announcement about robotaxis back in like 2020.
  - blowsand 3y ago
    Have a link to that 2020 robotaxi unveiling announcement by chance?
    - bonniemuffin 3y ago
      Here's a reference to Musk in 2019 saying that he would release robotaxis in 2020. "Musk pitched the robo-taxis as a way for Tesla owners to make money when they aren’t using their vehicles." https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/22/tech/tesla-robotaxis/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/22/tech/tesla-robotaxis/inde...
    - peutetre 3y ago
      1 million robotaxis by end of 2020: https://www.thedrive.com/news/38129/elon-musk-promised-1-million-tesla-robotaxis-by-the-end-of-2020-where-are-they https://www.thedrive.com/news/38129/elon-musk-promised-1-mil...
- xenospn 3y ago
  I doubt your friend is anything more than a wishful thinker.
- enslavedrobot 3y ago
  My wife usually never uses FSD. Last night she casually mentioned it drove her home from her Mom's house (35 minutes) with no interventions. As with all tech it's vapourware until it isn't.
wdb 3y ago
Cool, then I might buy one as a non driving license holder
danboarder 3y ago
I've been watching the Whole Mars Catalog channel on Youtube for a while ( https://www.youtube.com/@WholeMars/videos https://www.youtube.com/@WholeMars/videos ), he's been trying out FSD beta versions for some time now and posting the unedited drive videos, and recently I've seen the results he's getting with 12.3.3 are substantially better than v11 from last year. I do think it's at the threshold of robotaxi capability from what I've seen there, very little if any intervention for long drives through the city dealing with construction, stopped delivery vehicles, jaywalkers, etc.
dkjaudyeqooe 3y ago
Chances are it'll be a man dressed as a robotaxi.
rsynnott 3y ago
I mean, define 'unveil'.
jqpabc123 3y ago
He "unveiled" 90% autonomous driving over a decade ago and has produced a continuous stream of "unveils" ever since. I see no reason to believe this "unveil" will be any different than all the other "unveils".

8 points by rmason 3y ago

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Got a friend who has been an early Tesla booster. He has managed to receive early betas of the software. He made a statement to us that Tesla had finally achieved fully autonomous driving. I was a bit skeptical but he said wait and see, its happening this year. Now with this announcement I concede that he may have seen the future. Course with Musk's record of delivery it may well be 2025 before we see full remote driving but that's still better than the SF zeitgeist thinks it will happen.

akerl_ 3y ago
Is this just rage bait? He made the same announcement about robotaxis back in like 2020.
- blowsand 3y ago
  Have a link to that 2020 robotaxi unveiling announcement by chance?
  - bonniemuffin 3y ago
    Here's a reference to Musk in 2019 saying that he would release robotaxis in 2020. "Musk pitched the robo-taxis as a way for Tesla owners to make money when they aren’t using their vehicles." https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/22/tech/tesla-robotaxis/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/22/tech/tesla-robotaxis/inde...
  - peutetre 3y ago
    1 million robotaxis by end of 2020: https://www.thedrive.com/news/38129/elon-musk-promised-1-million-tesla-robotaxis-by-the-end-of-2020-where-are-they https://www.thedrive.com/news/38129/elon-musk-promised-1-mil...
xenospn 3y ago
I doubt your friend is anything more than a wishful thinker.
enslavedrobot 3y ago
My wife usually never uses FSD. Last night she casually mentioned it drove her home from her Mom's house (35 minutes) with no interventions. As with all tech it's vapourware until it isn't.

wdb 3y ago

Cool, then I might buy one as a non driving license holder

danboarder 3y ago

I've been watching the Whole Mars Catalog channel on Youtube for a while ( https://www.youtube.com/@WholeMars/videos https://www.youtube.com/@WholeMars/videos ), he's been trying out FSD beta versions for some time now and posting the unedited drive videos, and recently I've seen the results he's getting with 12.3.3 are substantially better than v11 from last year. I do think it's at the threshold of robotaxi capability from what I've seen there, very little if any intervention for long drives through the city dealing with construction, stopped delivery vehicles, jaywalkers, etc.

dkjaudyeqooe 3y ago

Chances are it'll be a man dressed as a robotaxi.

rsynnott 3y ago

I mean, define 'unveil'.

jqpabc123 3y ago

He "unveiled" 90% autonomous driving over a decade ago and has produced a continuous stream of "unveils" ever since. I see no reason to believe this "unveil" will be any different than all the other "unveils".