Is it even worth mentioning that Elon Musk blew past his own Full Self-Driving goals again?
Last year, Tesla defied its critics by boldly launching a robotaxi service that, by the end of the year, required no human supervision and was available to over 50 percent of the US population. At least that's what Tesla CEO Elon Musk told us would happen by the end of 2025. The reality, of course, was much different. Tesla's "robotaxi" service, as it stands today in Austin and San Francisco, is still not available to anyone who wants to use it. It is still supervised by an employee who sits in either the driver or front passenger seat with access to a "kill switch" if anything goes wrong. (There have been some unsupervised tests, but it … Read the full story at The Verge.
Last year, Tesla defied its critics by boldly launching a robotaxi service that, by the end of the year, required no human supervision and was available to over 50 percent of the US population.
At least that's what Tesla CEO Elon Musk told us would happen by the end of 2025. The reality, of course, was much different.
Tesla's "robotaxi" service, as it stands today in Austin and San Francisco, is still not available to anyone who wants to use it. It is still supervised by an employee who sits in either the driver or front passenger seat with access to a "kill switch" if anything goes wrong. (There have been some unsupervised tests, but it …