Tesla 'Robotaxi' status check: 8 months in, 19% availability
8 days ago
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- Tesla's Robotaxi service in Austin has only 42 cars, far below the promised 500.
- Availability is at 19%, with the service barely functioning most of the time.
- Unsupervised rides were announced but are extremely limited and often followed by safety monitors.
- Coverage remains limited to parts of Austin and San Francisco, not half the US as promised.
- The service shuts down in rain due to Tesla's vision-only system limitations.
- Crash rate is 9 times worse than human drivers, even with safety monitors.
- Musk's promises (500 cars, half US coverage, unsupervised rides) remain unfulfilled.
- Waymo outperforms Tesla with 100+ driverless vehicles in Austin, operating 24/7.