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Tesla Robotaxi Drops Off Passengers in Middle of Intersection… Handpicked Riders Say the “Performance Was Great” (fuelarc.com)

submitted 4 days ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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We’re getting the first videos of “select guests” getting access to Tesla’s Robotaxi service in Austin, and the level of polish leaves something to be desired.

For instance, one gaggle of Tesla influencers was dropped off directly in an intersection, leading to these wooly screenshots.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 48 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not so. The Tesla safety operators appear to always have their thumb on the “Open Door” button of their door, which is sort of weird to see. It’s like every safety operator is getting ready to say the Irish goodbye to their passengers at any given moment.

Turns out, Full Self Driving disengages if you open the door. So that is probably being used as a janky, factory-standard kill switch for the autonomous driving system that causes the vehicle to come to controlled stop.

There is absolutely nothing stopping the human employee from sitting behind the wheel except optics...

Like, if there's three passengers, does the employee keep shotgun?

Does a passenger get the driver's seat? Or do they all have to sit in the backseat so people can see it's driving itself?

Is the plan for highspeed situations really just opening a fucking door at speed?

The level of stupidity is, as always, fascinating...

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 26 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A passenger in the drivers seat could easily kill everyone by bumping the steer wheel (and reverting control back to... themself!) or by resting their foot inadvertently on the pedals.

You're right, it's purely optics, a stock pump play. The system would be safer with the Tesla employee behind the wheel, but these techbro influencer videos would be less impressive that way.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

Nothing instills investors with confidence more than a nervous employee with a death grip on the door ~~handle~~ button.