Tesla, Robotaxi and Self-Driving Car
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Elon Musk recently shared a video of a Tesla's Model Y robotaxi driving on Austin public roads with no one in the driver's seat.
The car service will be geofenced to Austin using Level 2 autonomous driving, meaning it still needs human supervision behind the wheel.
The two approaches could not be more different, in ways that suggest different possible futures for what autonomous vehicles mean for society. That kind of progress hasn’t come cheap. Google parent company Alphabet has sunk billions into the technology,
A self-driving Tesla Model Y “Robotaxi” has been spotted testing on the streets in Austin, Texas Elon Musk has set a tentative date of June 22, 2025 for the first public rides in the vehicle And he expects the first car to drive out of the factory and to a customer’s house six days later
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Futurism on MSNTerrifying Footage Shows Self-Driving Tesla Get Confused by the Sun, Mow Down Innocent GrandmotherHorrifying footage shows the moment a "full self-driving" Tesla plows into a 71 year old woman who had stopped to assist in a crash.
Chinese electric-vehicle makers led by BYD beat Tesla in the competition to produce affordable electric vehicles. Now, many of those same fierce competitors are pulling into the passing lane in the global race to produce self-driving cars.
The promised rollout of fully autonomous vehicles remains largely unfulfilled, with every advance seemingly matched by a serious setback.
Chinese EV makers are moving quickly to develop driver-assistance systems in a market where car-buyers are demanding them at a faster pace than in other regions, analysts say. Their ability to do so at lower costs poses the biggest threat to Tesla’s new autonomy-based business model.