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Tesla’s Robotaxi Can’t Drive in the Rain, and Dumps Passengers If the Weather Looks Risky. (fuelarc.com)

submitted 17 hours ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Imagine a taxi that can't operate in the rain. That is what Tesla has delivered in Austin TX.

These riders learned that the hard way, but don't have anything particularly negative to say about it... That's the advantage of only making a Robotaxi service available to hand-picked Tesla influencers.

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[–] Xande@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 4 hours ago

First thing that should be done... slap a "replacing a worker with a machine" tax, before we even think about having autonomous cars as cabs.