This test of Tesla’s self-driving tech is tough viewing: what Mark Rober did the fun way with his Wile E Coyote test of a fake wall in the middle of the road, the team over at The Dawn Project are doing the hard way by testing self-driving Teslas’ ability to stop for pedestrians at flashing […]
In the USA, the regulations are made up and the points don’t matter.
In my city, we’ve had Waymo running for quite awhile, and there were definitely growing pains, but it seems to be doing alright, with no incidents I’m aware of in recent months. Tesla has announced their imminent entry into our market, and not only is their technology just blatantly not ready for prime time, but their business model is broken, because my city tilts progressive by a significant margin, and everyone here hates Elon Musk. There was even a previously success Tesla-only ride share operation run by a 3rd party that recently went out of business here. Tesla as a cab service is totally fucked financially, is my point, in addition to just being totally fucked
Also what makes cities absolute hell for combat makes them great for tossing a Molotov cocktail at random cars. Seriously there’s no victim and unlike Waymo folks have already started burning Teslas.
In my city, we’ve had Waymo running for quite awhile, and there were definitely growing pains, but it seems to be doing alright, with no incidents I’m aware of in recent months. Tesla has announced their imminent entry into our market, and not only is their technology just blatantly not ready for prime time, but their business model is broken, because my city tilts progressive by a significant margin, and everyone here hates Elon Musk. There was even a previously success Tesla-only ride share operation run by a 3rd party that recently went out of business here. Tesla as a cab service is totally fucked financially, is my point, in addition to just being totally fucked
Also what makes cities absolute hell for combat makes them great for tossing a Molotov cocktail at random cars. Seriously there’s no victim and unlike Waymo folks have already started burning Teslas.