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It's hard to imagine any non-car-based technology being given so much freedom to experiment on public streets with only the iffiest of safety protections.

Tesla Robotaxis drive like they're drunk, and that's probably an unfair comparison for the drunk drivers.

See for yourself, one Redditor is on a personal mission to document all the mistakes from the Robotaxi rollout in Austin TX this week.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago (3 children)

This is the funniest part for me

There are reportedly around ten Robotaxis running in Austin right now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

That's all? All these mistakes come from just 10 robotaxis?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I've seen other sources claim 20. Still ass in my opinion

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

I'm sort of baffled by the range. "Ten or so" is the commonly reported number I saw, so I ran with that, but I have also seen higher estimates.

Like, surely, Tesla needs to report the exact number to the state, right? How is it possible that we don't know, it's just such a bootleg setup.

There are 1,500 Waymos on the road presently (not 1,500 to 3,000), which Waymo themselves announce because Waymo isn't a circus act: https://waymo.com/blog/2025/05/scaling-our-fleet-through-us-manufacturing