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Tesla Robotaxi Freaks Out and Drives into Oncoming Traffic on First Day (fuelarc.com)
submitted 3 months ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I saw the Tesla Robotaxi:

  • Drive into oncoming traffic, getting honked at in the process.
  • Signal a turn and then go straight at a stop sign with turn signal on.
  • Park in a fire lane to drop off the passenger.

And that was in a single 22 minute ride. Not great performance at all.

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[-] last_philosopher@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

At least it's not driving straight into a tree, I call that an improvement.

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[-] astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 13 points 3 months ago

Not great performance at all.

That's better than I was expecting to be perfectly honest.

I'm pretty impressed with the technology, but clearly it's not ready for field use.

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[-] sturmblast@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

Watch that stock price fall... wheeeee

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[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 12 points 3 months ago

What real world problem does this solve?

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Actually, lots. The issue is that if it doesn't work it's dangerous.

[-] allan 7 points 3 months ago

Stonks?

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[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

A man who can’t launch a rocket to save his life is also incompetent at making self driving cars? His mediocrity knows no bounds.

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[-] febrile@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

What's crazy is that the safety driver's hair has gone completely grey in just two days.

[-] jj4211@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

That safety driver did not give a single fuck about driving on the wrong side of the road..

[-] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

He must have seen so much worse to not even be flinching at that.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 months ago

Hooray! I feel so safe. I think I'll move to Texas so I can get obliterated by this taxi from the future.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

One of those American robot cars

[-] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I understood that reference

[-] spamspeicher@feddit.org 9 points 3 months ago

The Tesla is is just following the regional driving style. Humans make the same mistakes at 15:06

/s

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[-] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 9 points 3 months ago

Wow that turn signal sound is annoying. Why does it even need to make a sound in a car that’s supposed to be driving itself?

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[-] Ironfist79@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Cruise cars were already doing this and performed far better. GM is fucking braindead and pulled the plug like usual though.

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[-] communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 8 points 3 months ago

It found out who made it so it knew what to do

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago

Sounds like a normal cab driver where I'm from. Need to turn off cabbie mode and turn on Sunday grandma mode.

[-] simplejack@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

I’d rather have a car that drives better than a typical cabby or uber driver.

Waymo has arguably been there for a while now. I’ll Uber outside of their coverage area, and take the autonomous car with in it. Every other Uber driver in my area is making late lane choices, tailgating, cutting people off, talking to me about how the world works, etc. The Waymos don’t do any of that shit.

Having experienced FSD, I can honestly say, Waymo’s LiDAR system is way better. It doesn’t do this terrifying shit.

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[-] werewolfconspiracy@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Welcome to johnnycab

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