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by tsimionescu 331 days ago
Robotaxi is not a driverless taxi service, though, it's a regular taxi service with a human driver in every car. It's laughable to even compare it to Waymo.
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Sounds like all the same things Waymo has when they launch in a new area?

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/18/waymo-cars-are-coming-to-new...

Waymo has already proven that they can drive without any human in the car. Tesla have not, at all - and as this article points out, their cars continue to make major driving mistakes, like driving into an on-coming train, running red lights, driving on the wrong side of the road. These are not subtle issues. So I see no reason to assume that they'll ever work without the human driver.

Remember also that FSD can't even be trusted to drive the 2 miles of one-way tunnel at the Las Vegas Loop - even those cars require a driver today.

It's actually more than one driver, there's a remote person who can intervene as well.
Can you post a photo of the said driver?