News Republisher

Scouring the news for interesting articles on robotaxis.

Joined: 12/29/2023
Articles: 231

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Electrek – All Teslas in the US get a one month trial of FSD starting this week

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03/25/24
Rev 03/26/24

Article from Electrek on desperation of Elon Musk in pushing Tesla Full Self Driving. Turns out Tesla will now provide FSD for a month for free. Oh, and once again, Musk describes FSD as now being "mind blowing" (though of course that might just be the Ketamine talking)

Cones, News

SF Gate – I learned how to trick self-driving cars at a San Francisco museum

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03/22/24
Rev 03/26/24

Coning has even made it into art projects.

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Wall Street Journal – Self-Driving Cars Enter the Next Frontier: Freeways

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03/15/24

Article from WSJ on how Waymo will soon be expanding to driverless service on freeways in Phoenix. This is of course key for providing more lucrative airport service. But driving at freeway speeds is of course inherently more dangerous.

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Entrepreneur – Tesla Paid No Federal Income Taxes Over 5 Years, While Paying Top Execs $2.5 Billion, According to a New Report

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03/14/24
Rev 03/26/24

Entrepreneur.com reports that Tesla paid no income tax, yet still paid their execs billions. And yet they claim that LiDAR is to expensive for autonomous vehicles.

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AAA: Fear of Self-Driving Cars Persists as Industry Faces an Uncertain Future

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03/14/24
Rev 05/30/24

AAA reports that 91% of surveyed drivers are skeptical overall of fully self-driving vehicles, but are very interested in advanced driver assistance systems such as emergency braking. This indicates that there is not much financial opportunity in robotaxis.