Tesla didn't remove Robotaxi safety monitor – just moved them to a trailing car
6 hours ago
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- Elon Musk announced Tesla Robotaxi drives in Austin without a safety monitor in the car, causing Tesla's stock to rise over 4%.
- Video evidence shows Tesla's 'unsupervised' Robotaxis are actually followed by trailing black Tesla vehicles with safety monitors inside.
- Tesla did not remove the safety monitor but moved them to a chase car, contradicting Musk's claim of achieving true unsupervised autonomy.
- Waymo operates truly unsupervised autonomous vehicles without chase cars, having accumulated over 100 million driverless miles.
- Tesla's approach with chase cars is not scalable, cost-effective, or a breakthrough, despite Musk's claims.
- Musk's misleading statements and marketing stunts aim to maintain Tesla's valuation narrative around full autonomy.
- Tesla's stock jumped over 4% after Musk's announcement, adding billions to the company's market cap.