Here's Why We're Skeptical About the Tesla Robotaxi

by Tim Healey

Published: October 11th, 2024

here s why we re skeptical about the tesla robotaxi

Hey hey! It's TTAC podcast time!

This week we speak with Guy Mangiamele from AMCI about what it's like to test Tesla's autonomous driving in the madness of Manhattan traffic, just in time for the big robotaxi announcement. Matthew Guy and I discuss car-care kits ahead of the imminent arrival of winter, and then we get into the Big One -- the really Big One -- at Talladega and Michael Jordan's lawsuit against NASCAR.

You can find us wherever you get your podcasts, as well as here. We thank Guy Mangiamele, Matthew Guy, and Matt Posky for editing. Most of all, we thank you for listening.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Fred 3 hours ago
Waymo is number one in autonomous driving testing miles with 5 million, Tesla isn't even on the charthttps://sherwood.news/tech/tesla-robotaxi-event-robovan-shares-plunged/

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- Redapple2 2 hours ago
  CruiseStupid gets no respect.
  
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El scotto 3 hours ago
To finish first, one must first finish. Seems you need to make acceptable cars before those cars are accepted as Robo Taxis.

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