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Elon Musk: your new Tesla will drive from the factory floor, to your house 'this year' (www.tweaktown.com)

submitted 12 hours ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I'm so sure that this will happen...

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 25 points 11 hours ago (5 children)

Tesla will begin its roll out of its self-driving Robotaxi fleet in multiple US cities in the months to come, already taking appropriate regulatory steps in both California and Texas.

Anyone want to take bets on how many deaths/injuries will there be before they're pulled?

Infinite is valid all things considered.

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Anyone want to take bets on how many deaths/injuries will there be before they’re pulled?

DOGE will make sure it won't be pulled. They'll shut down any administration that tries.

This LiDAR tech vs Tesla video makes me wish Tesla will use LiDAR in their self-driving Robotaxi fleet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQJL3htsDyQ&t=556s

[–] suicidaleggroll@lemm.ee 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

They won't. Musk has a hard-on for doing everything with visible cameras for some stupid reason.

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[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 points 6 hours ago

What excuse can he use later?

I mean, when it turns out that it's not happening this year, and not even next year.

Any bets?

My guess: He won't be with Tesla anymore then, so all these broken promises become somebody else's problem.

[–] SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

When a battered car with a mangled cyclist smashed through your wall

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago

OH YEAH !

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

This is such obvious BS. Putting aside that Tesla are always making claims about self driving that they can't deliver on, let's just consider the basic logistics of doing this for any customer who lives more than about 300km from a Tesla factory (of which there are two IIRC, and one of those is in Austin and the other is in Fremont)...

How the fuck is the car going to recharge?

It's not like it's going to plug itself in, and there are no staff at Tesla supercharger stations as far as I'm aware. With the range on a typical Model S even getting to LA might be tough if it gets stuck in traffic. Fremont to LA is just under 600km if you're lucky.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It’s not like it’s going to plug itself in

It could stop at Tesla "dealerships" along the way and have the staff plug them in, or have fancy robotic chargers at just those locations. Surely there are enough "dealerships" that this is feasible for most people.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, there's not that many. There's large swaths of the US where you have to drive across multiple states to get to one, in part for legal restrictions on dealerships

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I contemplated this idea, but you'd need a network of dealerships all within no more than about 450km of each other. Actually, a lot less than that if you want to deliver something like a cybertruck this way. And Tesla just doesn't have that kind of infrastructure, especially in the Midwest and South. And that means there's no good way to get a car from Fremont or Austin to anywhere on the East Coast either. At best you could maybe make this work in California.

But also consider the scale of what you're talking about. Generally you're looking at selling thousands of cars per day for a successful production model. Can their dealerships handle charging thousands of cars per day?

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 0 points 5 hours ago

I think you replied to the wrong comment, but I agree

Granted, if they could actually make this work, they could probably do the robotaxi thing or even get into logistics. That would make it easily worth it to build dispatch centers basically everywhere

That is, if they could make it work

[–] RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Press F to doubt

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 9 hours ago

If they even try that it will look like that car chase scene from The Blues Brothers.

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 15 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (3 children)

He forgot to give us the point values...

Ran Over...	Reward Points...
Child	20
Cat	10
Dog	15
Adult	25

I wonder what they'll offer in the Tesla rewards shop

[–] axh@lemmy.world 15 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (2 children)

Run over	Reward
CEO	- 100000 points

Edit: updated into a table to clarify that I meant MINUS 100000 points, Life of one CEO is much more important to (f)Elon than lifes of us peasants.

[–] madame_gaymes@programming.dev 7 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Nah, Teslas will set themselves on fire with a family inside before it allows something like that to happen.

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[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 1 points 6 hours ago

You can request your payout at a minimum of 100 points

Ran Over...	Reward Points...
18 wheeler	99

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[–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 9 points 11 hours ago

Not my fucking house.

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

"it drove right through my kitchen wall. And I hadn't even ordered one!"

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

Definitely not into my house, fucker.

[–] SouthFresh@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

Factory Floor is in China.

[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

I told them I didn’t want the car delivered to my house. If they did, I would auto accept it. Even if there’s issues on it. Accept it from their dealership.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Gotta save that stock price somehow. Activate investor bullshit machine.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 hours ago

The "next year" promise of the year...

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Worked just a couple of months ago. Doubt it will this time.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 4 points 10 hours ago

Elump will accomplish this not by improving technology or software, but by outlawing any safety regulations that prove inconvenient.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 6 points 11 hours ago

People still listening to the grifter and his endless promises?

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

“It’s dirty. Why did you deliver it dirty?”

[–] ProfHillbilly@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

BULL's PUUUSSSY!

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

Sure Elon. Here, have another hit of ketamine.

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 5 points 11 hours ago

Elon Musk: Your new Tesla will get into a serious accident and be totaled before it even gets to your house 'this year' (and you're still liable for it)

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