Michael Smith

Transportation and disability advocate. Created and administer the site Robotaxi.rodeo . Co-founded Walk San Francisco (walkSF.org), Swiftly (goSwift.ly), and NextBus (NextBus.com). Working to make transportation accessible and safe for all. Been disabled by serious long COVID since 2022.

Joined: 12/17/2023
Articles: 54

News, Tesla, Untruths

Common Sense Skeptic – Tesla ‘We Robot’ Breakdown and Analysis

Michael Smith
11/25/24

Two-part video that is a brutal and in depth takedown of Elon Musk's robotaxi fakery. Quite educational. And a short bonus video at the end.

News, Tesla, Untruths

It’s fakery all the way down

Michael Smith
11/24/24

Even the Optimus robot toy appears to be some more Tesla fakery, on which to support all their other fakery

$$$, Disability, News, Politics, Safety, Untruths

Not Just Bikes – How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it)

Michael Smith
11/10/24

Not Just Bikes posts an epic video on not just the problems of self driving cars, but how they would turn our cities into driving hell - unless we do something about it.

News, Safety, Waymo

Way-mo crashes than before

Michael Smith
10/22/24

Waymo has long claimed that their robotaxis are safe and that the more they drive, the safer they will be. But the number of crashes sure has jumped according to the data from the NHTSA.

News, Untruths, Waymo

Waymo steps up the propaganda campaign

Michael Smith
10/19/24

Waymo is once again being misleading. This time, not only are their vehicles zero emission, but they are also claiming that they encourage public transit use.

$$$, News, Tesla, Untruths

The Elon Musk “robotaxi reveal” aftermath. An epic disaster

Michael Smith
10/11/24

Elon Musk gives a lame presentation about robotaxis and Tesla stock drops by a whopping $88.5B. Ouch! It is clear that Tesla will not be producing a robotaxi system, a lower-cost car, nor useful robots in the foreseeable future.