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Why Elon Musk’s Tesla Robotaxi Rollout In Austin Could Be A Disaster

Ready or not–and despite a spotty safety record–the EV maker is racing to launch a pilot ride service in Austin to show off its self-driving chops.

Forbes

The fate of Houston's autonomous vehicle scene remains undetermined as General Motors is aiming to resume a driverless ride-hailing service that was quick to provoke backlash from residents.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/technology/2024/05/10/487150/houstons-autonomous-vehicle-scene-in-limbo-as-cruise-aims-to-relaunch-ride-hailing-service/

#Houston #Local #News #PublicSafety #Technology #Transportation #AutonomousCars #CruiseCars #DriverlessVehicles #HoustonCruise

Houston’s autonomous vehicle scene in limbo as Cruise aims to relaunch ride-hailing service

Though the vehicles are back on the streets in Phoenix, an October investigation launched by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation, is still ongoing, according to the administration's investigation database.

Houston Public Media
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“HIGHWAY SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE from Thanksgiving Day shows a Tesla vehicle changing lanes & then abruptly braking in the far-left lane of the San Francisco Bay Bridge, resulting in an 8-vehicle crash injured 9 people, including a 2-year-old child…”

Via @kenklippenstein

https://theintercept.com/2023/01/10/tesla-crash-footage-autopilot/

#Tesla #AutoPilot #driverlessvehicles #cars #cities #urbanism #crash #ElonMusk #car

Exclusive: Surveillance Footage of Tesla Crash on SF’s Bay Bridge Hours After Elon Musk Announces “Self-Driving” Feature

Elon Musk has said Tesla’s problematic autopilot features are “really the difference between Tesla being worth a lot of money or worth basically zero.”

The Intercept

@notjustbikes shit like this including said options are illegal in #Germany for all the right reasons...

It's not the concept of #DriverlessCars (or rather any #DriverlessVehicles) but the shitty implementation bz #Tesla:
There's a reason all good self-driving cars have these huge-ass contraptions and camera systems on top!