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Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 day ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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I mean, I guess "impeccable safety record" is in the eye of the beholder?

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

don’t let Musk being a terrible person blind you

This was about a robotaxi, this is Tesla specifically.
There are no other vendors that are equally irresponsible.
I'm not arguing whether Tesla is ahead or behind, I'm only arguing that Tesla is acting with a level of irresponsibility that should have had them fined and controlled on these issues long ago.

I have no doubt that eventually the technology will be good enough, but it's 10 years ago that Musk claimed FSD would be ready next year, and be safer than human drivers, and be able to pick you up and drive you across country, completely without human intervention.

Musk is a liar, I never made that claim about the other companies working on it. But the "good people" at Tesla are still acting irresponsibly, and putting people's lives in danger for profit.

[–] joe@lemmy.world 0 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You'll get no disagreement from me that Musk/Tesla is being irresponsible by over stating the capabilities of their vehicles.

But I don't find it interesting to discus Musk and his many character flaws; I was always speaking more generally about the technology itself.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

In general the technology is fine, it's all about implementation, and the way Tesla is implementing it is irresponsible and should be illegal.