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Elon Musk's robotaxi will have a human driver for 'safety' reasons (www.neowin.net)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/TooDumbToImagine@europe.pub
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[–] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah likely because Elon Musk stripped out the Lidar from tesla cars to save money and relies on cameras only. A tech bro who thinks he knows better than engineers.

I wouldn't want to be anywhere near a self driving tesla.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    For anyone curious why ripping out LiDAR was a bad idea.

    That said, I suspect this is also meant to pre-empt what's been happening to Waymo recently where a small number of protestors were summoning robotaxis and either boxing them in or sabotaging them to use as barricades. With how people feel about Tesla right now, I imagine a whole lot of these would soon be summoned to remote locations to be met by a masked person carrying a can of gas and a lighter. That's also why they're demanding a credit card on file.

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