News Republisher

Scouring the news for interesting articles on robotaxis.

Joined: 12/29/2023
Articles: 259

News, Politics

NBC Bay Area – Bills aimed at closing traffic ticket loophole for driverless cars get initial green light

News Republisher
04/25/24
Rev 04/26/24

Two California bills for better regulating autonomous vehicles are advancing in the state legislature. One is to provide the ability to cite AVs for traffic infractions. The second is to allow local oversight over AVs.

News, Safety, Waymo

SF Chronicle – A Waymo robotaxi drove on wrong side of a S.F. street. The company says it was to ensure ‘safety’

News Republisher
04/22/24
Rev 04/25/24

SF Chronicle article on how Waymo drove across double yellow line into oncoming traffic for two full blocks. And Waymo describes the motivation as 'safety'? Hah! Full video of incident is included for your viewing enjoyment.

$$$, News, Tesla

Bloomberg – Elon Musk’s Robotaxi Dreams Plunge Tesla Into Chaos

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04/21/24
Rev 04/30/24

This article was published by Bloomberg just two days before Tesla's Q1 24 earnings call. It shows exactly how poorly Tesla was executing, with sales and revenue down significantly. But then on the Q1 call Musk states some fantasies about how their robotaxi and low cost Tesla would come out soon and the stock soared by 40%. Will be very interesting if the SEC pursues Musk for making false statements to investors.

$$$, News, Tesla

Reuters – Tesla’s bet on robotaxis is a long way from paying off

News Republisher
04/6/24
Rev 04/7/24

Reuters article emphasizing that Tesla is nowhere near having robotaxi capability.

$$$, News, Tesla

Seeking Alpha – Tesla’s Sudden Third Robotaxi Announcement, After 2019 And 2016

News Republisher
04/6/24

Quite a scathing article on how not only is Elon Musk's robotaxi unveiling on 8/8 (which year???) absurd, but this is the third time such an annoucement has been made.

$$$, News, Tesla

The Verge – Elon Musk says Tesla will reveal its robotaxi on August 8th

News Republisher
04/5/24
Rev 04/6/24

4/5/24 was a really bad day of news for Tesla. There were articles on how badly Tesla is doing financially, how they have cancelled their much needed low-cost model, how Musk claimed that model hasn't been canceled, and how no other companies are interested in FSD. So of course Musk makes another absurd announcement to distract attention. Suddenly FSD will actually work, they will achieve full Level 4 autonomy, and the Tesla Robotaxi will be unveiled on 8/8/24. Just absurd.