More on Tesla RoboTaxi's in Austin.

Austin’s transportation department, Austin’s emergency first responders, and federal regulators are still missing important information about the Tesla self-driving machines set to imminently hit the roads of the Texas capital.

Tesla is has assured Austin city employees that response guidebooks "are coming". https://fortune.com/2025/05/26/tesla-robotaxi-demo-austin-officials-launch-first-responders-waiting-key-info/ #Tesla #RoboTaxis #FSD #Austin #autonomouscars #emergencyresponse

Would you invest your hard earned money based on this track record?
1) Aug 2006: "plan is to build a wide range of models, including affordably priced family cars" 2025 - not ever happening.
2) Sept 2013: a car that can do full autonomy in about three years,” Dec 2015: “have complete autonomy in approximately two years.” June 2016: “consider autonomous driving to be a basically solved problem". 2025 - plans to release a hand full of supervised RoboTaxis before the end of June.
3) April 2017: "congestion-beating tunnels beneath cities with cars shot along on skates at 125 mph." 2025 - 1.7 mile loop in Vegas, chauffeur-driven cars run at 15 mph.
4) April 2019: One Million RoboTaxis. 2025- enough said - see above.
5) Mar 2025: make “maybe 100 million robots a year.” Ok - sure.

https://www.wired.com/story/theres-a-very-simple-pattern-to-elon-musks-broken-promises/ #Musk #Tesla #FSD #RoboTaxis #Optimus #automation

Zoox recalls robotaxis AGAIN due to software glitches after a recent collision! 😬 Safety is paramount for autonomous vehicles. Softsasi.com can help ensure data quality for safer robotaxis! 🤖 🚗 #AutonomousVehicles #Robotaxis

It is weird hearing a company talk about releasing a new technology in a safe and responsible manner, when the Scooby Doo villains running other tech companies (or other divisions of that company) no longer even bother putting their rubber masks on in the morning.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/20/waymo-ceo-tekedra-mawakana-10-million.html

#AutonomousVehicles #RoboTaxis #Waymo

In einem Interview räumt der KI-Chef von #Tesla ein, dass der #Autobauer beim Thema autonomes Fahren Jahre hinter der Konkurrenz zurückliegt. Dennoch sollen bald erste #Robotaxis-#Testfahrten starten. https://winfuture.de/news,151089.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia

Jahre hinter #Waymo: #Tesla Mitarbeiter gibt Rückstand bei #Robotaxis zu. Mal gespannt, wie lange er noch dort arbeitet?😜 https://glm.io/196444?n

Atlanta's getting a taste of the future! 🤖 Waymo & Uber are offering early access to self-driving rides.

Imagine commuting, hassle-free! Learn more about this tech & future-proof your skills at SoftSasi.com! 🚀

#Robotaxis #Atlanta #SelfDrivingCars #SoftSasi

#ElonMusk #Telsa #robotaxis #JamTomorrow

'Despite repeated promises, the robotaxis never came. ...

Rather than storing the used cars – a fast-depreciating asset – Tesla started adding features to them through software upgrades. It then sold the vehicles to new customers who would pay thousands more than lease-end buyers would have, the people said.'

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/technology/tech-companies/exclusive-musk-took-leased-cars-back-so-tesla-could-use-them-as-robotaxis-instead-tesla-sold-them/ar-AA1EPAin?

Looks to me that #Austin is being swarmed by #robotaxis already, a month before Tesla goes ahead with their experiment. https://mindsconnected.tech/index.php?showtopic=977&view=findpost&p=8728 #selfdrivingcars #electriccars #vehicles #transportation #texas #usa #tech

(please leave your comments on the forum thread linked)

#Robotaxis
„"Die bisherigen Daten zeigen, dass der Waymo-Fahrer an den Orten, an denen wir derzeit tätig sind, bereits die Zahl der Verkehrsunfälle und Todesopfer reduziert", schreibt Waymo im firmeneigenen Web-Blog. An anderer Stelle verweist das Unternehmen auf eine neue Studie, wonach Waymo schwere Unfälle reduziert und die Straßen für die am meisten gefährdeten Personen sicherer macht.“
https://www.heise.de/news/Nach-kleineren-Unfaellen-Waymo-ruft-1-200-selbstfahrende-Fahrzeuge-zurueck-10384080.html

Waymo geht in die Massenfertigung von Robotaxis.

🚖 #Waymo hat in Mesa, Arizona, eine hochmoderne #Fabrik eröffnet, die jährlich zehntausende #Jaguar I-PACE EVs in #Robotaxis verwandeln soll.

🤖 In der 239.000 Quadratmeter großen Anlage werden Fahrzeuge mit Waymos eigenem KI-System, Kameras, Radar und #Lidar ausgestattet, um den steigenden Bedarf an autonomen Taxis in Städten wie Phoenix, Austin und San Francisco zu decken. (1/2)

#Tesla's story about keeping used cars for #robotaxis fits a long pattern of unfulfilled promises to deploy #SelfDriving vehicles–most recently announced for June in Austin, Texas.

Every year since 2016, #Musk has promised self-driving Teslas would arrive no later than the following year. In 2019, when Tesla first offered leasing for the Model 3, Musk told podcast host Lex Fridman that the ability to add #AutonomousDriving software would make every used Tesla an "appreciating asset."

#scam

"You don't have the option of buying," Chief Executive #ElonMusk said at an investor gathering in California in April 2019. "We want them back."

"Next year, for sure," he added, "we'll have over 1 million robotaxis on the road."

None of that would prove true. Despite repeated promises, the #robotaxis never came. #Tesla instead found an unusually lucrative way to make money by flipping many of the off-lease cars to new buyers, according to four people familiar with Tesla's retail operations.

Uber will internationale Märkte mit Robotaxis erobern.

🚖 #Uber baut seine #Robotaxi-Präsenz weiter aus und setzt dabei verstärkt auf chinesische Partnerunternehmen wie #PonyAI, #Momenta und #WeRide.

🤝 #PonyAI, das kürzlich mit einer Bewertung von 5,25 Milliarden Dollar an die Nasdaq ging, soll noch in diesem Jahr in einem Schlüsselmarkt im Nahen Osten #Robotaxis über die Uber-Plattform anbieten. (1/2)

Zuerst in die #Schweiz: #Baidus #Robotaxis sollen nach Europa kommen.

Waymo's robotaxis are hitting Boston streets soon - starting with manual driving in neighborhoods like Cambridge, Somerville, and Southie. Because nothing says "smooth ride" like the Mass Pike and I-93 at rush hour. What could possibly go wrong? #Waymo #Robotaxis #SelfDrivingCars #Massachusetts

Waymo, the self-driving robota...

I still find the sight of Waymo vehicles driving around Austin with nobody at the steering wheel uncanny.

Will these vehicles doom the human driven taxi?

Although I can see how these vehicles could be beneficial if they were introduced as part of a publicly regulated and accountable integrated transport policy, I fear that in the USA at least they will become the tools of private monopoly; fares will not come down significantly in spite of labour cost savings, taxi driving as a path to social advancement will be closed off, and their use will chip away at support for mass transit.

We should not be allowing private business to dictate the future of transport.

#Waymo #Austin #AutonomousVehicles #Uber #Taxi #Transit #Cities #Mobility #Transport #Cars #Robotaxis

https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-ceo-robotaxis-austin-are-busier-than-most-human-drivers-2025-5

Uber and Pony .ai are teaming up to launch #robotaxis on the Uber app, starting in a major Middle Eastern market in 2025. This marks a big step for #AutonomousVehicles and #MobilityTech in the region! #Uber #PonyAI #MiddleEast #SmartMobility #AVs #TechNews

🛠 The ID Buzz can seat at least 7 passengers, maximizing the ride-hailing potential. Imagine how many people these #robotaxis could serve in urban areas! #MobilityRevolution

#Alphabet says #Waymo may offer #robotaxis for personal ownership in future