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Re: Tesla Robotaxi

#31

Anybody know why the autonomous taxi isn't just a model 3? I don't see the point in a purpose built two seater with no steering wheel or pedals and I don't know why regulators would approve an autonomous car with no way to manually override it.

Barring all the issues, if you did build a huge fleet of autonomous taxis - smaller, lighter cars with less moving pieces would save you a lot of money.

2 seater - smaller car

No wheels or stuff - saves money on the build and parts.

Re: Tesla Robotaxi

#32
Hey Tesla, where's the Roadster 2 you announced in 2017 and took $50,000 deposits for?

Oh, that's right, it was a stunt to boost the stock price, not a real product you intended to sell. Just like this.

Re: Tesla Robotaxi

#35

Anybody know why the autonomous taxi isn't just a model 3? I don't see the point in a purpose built two seater with no steering wheel or pedals and I don't know why regulators would approve an autonomous car with no way to manually override it.

Especially because every autonomous taxi fleet to date seems to have runs where they end up blocking roads and emergency vehicles.

Re: Tesla Robotaxi

#38
post #5

Love the design of the robocab. Assuming production looks something like this, can’t wait to see it IRL.

It's a slick design, but unless it's expected to be used in very limited scenarios, the lack of a control surface (or even how Tesla expects to build an OC) for edge cases is worrying.

Re: Tesla Robotaxi

#39

I feel like I’ve been looking at the same marketing slide deck for 10 years from these people. Wake me when they ship something.

Do you not see those driverless Cybercabs driving around without a steering wheel? At least that's a development that we haven't seen in the past 10 years.

Re: Tesla Robotaxi

#40

Anybody know why the autonomous taxi isn't just a model 3? I don't see the point in a purpose built two seater with no steering wheel or pedals and I don't know why regulators would approve an autonomous car with no way to manually override it.

I assume robo taxi will be significantly cheaper to manufacture. You can get away with much less range and creature comforts being quite a bit less. People care much less about comfortable for something they sit in for twenty minutes versus buy for $50k
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