QOTD: Will Tesla's Robotaxi Promises Prove True?

by Tim Healey

Published: October 11th, 2024

qotd will tesla s robotaxi promises prove true

Tesla had its big robotaxi reveal last night.

Tesla boss Elon Musk was relatively light on details, and we'd point out that autonomous vehicles are only allowed to be tested in limited areas.

We'd also point out that Musk has a history of overpromising and under delivering, and that independent testers have run into issues while testing the tech.

So, do you think the tech will debut, in some form or another, for 2026?

Or perhaps not?

Sound off below.

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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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Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh 36 minutes ago
Nope. After a few accidents states will do the same thing they have done to Cruze ETC and ban them long enough that that losses and bad PR will offset any possible meager gains and they will be ''converted'' to fleet vehicles that no-one wants.

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SCE to AUX 3 minutes ago
Of course not. They might field some Level 3 test mule with a human "observer", but there will not be a fleet of Level 5 robotaxis running around unmonitored.

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