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Tesla's Robotaxi Rollout Looks Like A Disaster Waiting To Happen
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.
Given its misleadingly named Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) software’s , Musk’s failure to provide detailed safety and technical data about Tesla’s technology and his determination to rely on cheap cameras instead of more robust sensors to navigate complicated urban environments, the Austin rollout could be a debacle. “It's going to fail for sure,” Dan O’Dowd, a long-time critic of Musk’s autonomous driving claims who’s spent his own money on Super Bowl commercials to call out Autopilot and FSD safety flaws, told Forbes. But for years he’s also repeatedly failed to deliver big ideas he touted as potential game-changers or massive moneymakers, including battery swapping stations, solar tile roofs, the Hyperloop and high-speed underground transportation networks created by his Boring Co.
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