Tesla Robotaxi Drops Off Passengers in Middle of Intersection... Handpicked Riders Say the “Performance Was Great” - FuelArc News
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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. Suboptimal Parking Performance Something about using the “Drop Off Early” […]

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.

  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
    56·
    16 hours ago

    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.

    Wow thats.

    • KayLeadfoot@fedia.ioOP
      19·
      16 hours ago

      oh right, THAT.

      I hope you like wherever it stops you, because, like, there’s nobody in the driver’s seat to fix it if the software fucks it up and parks you in the center of a highspeed road or on train tracks or whatever.