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Tesla reports another Robotaxi crash, even with supervisor as it moves to remove them

Zorkmid123 | 2025-12-15 21:02 | 544 views

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hobbbis 2025-12-15 21:10

What could possibly go wrong?

Dry_Tangerine_8328 2025-12-15 21:14

No real supervisor removal will happen, only gimmicks and influencer videos of empty cars on empty roads

Hour-End-4105 2025-12-15 21:15

I'm surprised. Not that it had crashed, but that they reported it.

Scrutinizer 2025-12-15 21:16

It's going to be very simple. Just ignore all the crashes and push forward anyway. Any news outlet that tries to report the truth will be attacked on both Twitter and by the President of the US.

Fockelot 2025-12-15 21:20

They already removed one at least didn’t they? I saw something about it this morning they said fuck it and just removed at least one in Austin I thought.

NiceWeather4Leather 2025-12-15 21:22

Hey you spotted the gimmick! Well done! If it were of real impact, they’d announce it formally.

GhostofBreadDragons 2025-12-15 21:25

Did you see a passenger in the car? I sure didn’t.

Affectionate-Panic-1 2025-12-15 21:26

If it's anything like Waymo they report both accidents where they're at fault and where another driver (or road user) is at fault. So with any fleet you'll see accidents. Question will be how frequent the accidents are compared to humans. Waymo has released a lot more data and peer reviewed studies while Tesla is less transparent.

slick2hold 2025-12-15 21:31

Exactly. The are just paid shills that Elon has deployed or just fan boys happy to comply with Elon request. I get negative down votes because I point out the obvious. Why are we seeing these "driverless" robotaxi videos now? Why don't they show the chaser care behind? If they felt it was safe to remove the safety driver Why have a chaser car? It's all smoke and mirrors. Until Elon swallow his pride and admits his shit doesn't work with only video cams. He needs more hardware

oregon_coastal 2025-12-15 21:32

On of their senior people and a key Tesla influencer are the ones that reported the Tesla with no driver. Honestly, I sure hope the EU is gearing up some thought on how to handle the collapse of the US ability to regulate anything. At all. Automated cars to stock manipulation.It is getting depressing.

Icy_Mix_6054 2025-12-15 21:33

Are they friends again?

slick2hold 2025-12-15 21:34

Did you see the chaser car behind it? I sure did? So now you have the chaser car and a safety driver following a robotaxi to make it seems it's working 100% without the need for a safety driver. The illusion continues

bluethunder82 2025-12-15 21:39

Per the article, averaging about once in 40,000 miles, compared to a human which averages out to about once in every 500,000. I would assume the data for the latter number also includes drunk drivers.

analyticaljoe 2025-12-15 21:44

Shocking. You mean they are removing supervisors as a stunt to pump the stock? But then, there's the scale. This is not just a robotaxi or two, they have TENS OF THEM!

Youngnathan2011 2025-12-15 21:49

Honestly thought I saw a guy in the back

[deleted] 2025-12-15 21:51

SP will go up another 5%

Affectionate-Panic-1 2025-12-15 21:53

Jesus, only 250,000 miles traveled. That's nothing other than a vanity project at this point.

ChickerWings 2025-12-15 21:56

You saw that 10-second video as well?

[deleted] 2025-12-15 21:58

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StrongGas2199 2025-12-15 21:59

Hell no lmao trump is actively making ev’s more expensive and less convenient to own with no sign of slowing down, not completely but partially to get at Elon

BringBackUsenet 2025-12-15 22:04

Yes, he'll have a scapegoat when he's unable to fulfill his lies.

hobbbis 2025-12-15 22:05

Felon Muskovic is just going to sue or pay for peoples silence, but yes people will die. Innocent people. Anyone who walks the streets of this cities can now be crushed by robot driving cars using only cameras as sensors. Madness.

BringBackUsenet 2025-12-15 22:05

So now they are at what, about 50% crash rate in 6 months? That's so much better than human drivers! /s

One_Reach2582 2025-12-15 22:06

What industry? Tesla FSD is the entire self-driving industry, lol!

One_Reach2582 2025-12-15 22:08

Make up your minds hahahahaha

WildFlowLing 2025-12-15 22:20

“Tesla influencers” (cringe) keep claiming there have been no robotaxi incidents. Reminder to everyone to please keep correcting them.

TheLegendTwoSeven 2025-12-15 22:22

And eventually, an Optimus in the driver’s seat.

_Captain_Amazing_ 2025-12-15 22:23

I would not be walking around the streets of Austin anytime soon.

mrdilldozer 2025-12-15 22:29

Also, since Waymo is so transparent you can see the flaws they have. They still have a ton of work to do. Now imagine a company with far inferior technology and experience trying to do the same thing.

torokunai 2025-12-15 22:37

They expanded the test area in Austin three times and that became "3X" in the financial yt analysis channels

NiceWeather4Leather 2025-12-15 22:43

I actually wish them well, but I wonder how many times they can gimmick expand to generate marketing noise without really expanding their volume of actual taxi operations mileage significantly and potentially getting a lot more public problems (as it seems to stand right now).

locka99 2025-12-15 22:46

Doesn't surprise me. The way the "full self drive" works is janky and dangerous. And we've see videos where Tesla's cameras suck at spotting obstacles that a lidar system would have no trouble seeing.

locka99 2025-12-15 22:47

These companies would take safety a lot more seriously if board members could face criminal charges for negligence.

torokunai 2025-12-15 22:52

yes, that is the ~$1.45T question now.

Donthaveacowman124 2025-12-15 22:57

Meanwhile he'll try to rob Tesla blind and use the IPO of SpaceX to shore up his wealth

purpleappletrees 2025-12-15 23:14

lots of deaths already

Ontbijtkoek1 2025-12-15 23:28

There are legitimate players in the market. Just not Tesla.

[deleted] 2025-12-15 23:38

Whomp whomp

ArQ7777 2025-12-15 23:49

Ford wrote off 7 billion dollars and CEO declares that very few people want to buy pure EV. Ford will now switch to make hybrid EV with combustion engine. Will Tesla begin making hybrid EV like Ford?

VindicarTheBrave 2025-12-15 23:50

It’s all going so swimmingly well isn’t it?

External-Note-2719 2025-12-16 00:29

Stocks about to go up!

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Bobinss 2025-12-16 01:00

Seems like the Robotaxis are pre-enshitified. Elon, you're supposed to make them good, get everyone hooked on them, then make 'em suck.

External-Note-2719 2025-12-16 01:12

Total manipulation, insider brother in law dumps 25 million, no big deal

Pineapplepizzaracoon 2025-12-16 01:37

Was it being remote controlled by an India call centre?

RipWhenDamageTaken 2025-12-16 01:37

The real benchmark isn’t whether or not the supervisor is removed. The benchmark is who gets blamed whenever a mistake happens. Every time I look at FSD discourse, the driver/user is blamed. It’s a sure sign that FSD is not ready to go unsupervised

hashswag00 2025-12-16 02:22

You mean FSD still doesn't work? Shocking. Still Faux Self Driving.

rbetterkids 2025-12-16 02:40

The correct way of testing is to ensure zero crashes when a driver is present. Then move to the car being empty. Then again, this is why tesla didn't register itself as a car company so that it didn't need to abide by car rules.

daveo18 2025-12-16 03:06

It’s a real shame. The Tesla pumpers on Twitter assured me FSF was solved (every day this week)

VitaminPb 2025-12-16 03:48

It had to be sarcasm. Nobody could be that deficient of cognition and manage to type or even breathe without a ventilator.

Mugwump6506 2025-12-16 04:18

This is going to get ugly, fast.

HT1990 2025-12-16 04:23

Such a Tesla will never drive unsupervised on EU roads, whereas Waymo and many other companies with properly working tech will. Tesla will never pass the certifications in the EU.

fastwriter- 2025-12-16 06:31

Guess why there is no Self-Driving inside the EU. Because we have a total different approach to Regulation and Approval. In the EU you have to proof total safety BEFORE starting a new Tech. In the US you are allowed to start and then have to adjust if faults emerge. It’s the faster strategy to adopt new tech. But it’s also much more dangerous for the Consumer.

robnet77 2025-12-16 06:48

Fully supervised driving

Bendy_McBendyThumb 2025-12-16 07:28

Which will promptly be followed by “Waaahhhh, the EU shouldn’t exist. Let me go full DOGEU on their ass!”

Silent_Confidence_39 2025-12-16 07:45

They just need a few more time, then attention will be diverted to SpaceX going public, then another robot flip, then another mining the moon trick, … it’s been like this since the beginning.

Sugadevan 2025-12-16 08:56

He is a tesla shill. His comments are funny.

neliz 2025-12-16 11:29

More like, a dozen, concurrently

EczachlyLB 2025-12-16 11:46

Drrrr, FSD is gonna save the world “Next year” Elon Musk (said every year for 14 years)

JohnnyRelentless 2025-12-16 17:23

What is that title?

Different-Award4103 2025-12-16 18:26

Tesla headlights are HORRIBLE also. He's blinding us for his Neuralink crap

Common-Violinist-305 2025-12-16 21:34

and an ever increasing meme value

DirectTastiness 2025-12-16 23:10

It’s clear most folks in the conversation haven’t tried full self driving. Same folks that would have said Amazon selling books online was a gimmick 🤡

SolutionWarm6576 2025-12-17 01:01

Most likely remote operator, with the safety car following. Just like the recent Optimus demo, where it mimics taking off a headset, then dc’s.

admin_default 2025-12-17 03:42

Locals in Austin have counted 29 cars. So yes, probably around 1-2 dozen on the street concurrently.

[deleted] 2025-12-17 09:36

Probably faked too. Watch the WE ROBOT event where 12 bots has numbers up to 47 to give the impression it's more of them Same here They swap a license plate and it's  a NEW car

Ornery-Detail-3822 2025-12-17 23:49

I'm assuming it's the other participants reporting. I wonder how many accidents Tesla safety drivers convince the other party not to report...lol

OkLeave4687 2025-12-18 12:03

Yes, and don’t say anything over on Tesla stockholders - the mods over there will ban you for almost any criticism. So much for free expression 🤨

Firm-Switch36 2025-12-20 02:34

yeah the rockets probably don’t land on their ass either(you just pulled this out of your sphincter)

Lonely_Refuse4988 2025-12-20 03:33

The supervisor was an Indian employee using a Logitech steering controller, with a 200ms lag in connection each way! 🤣😂🤷‍♂️

PetriDishTech 2025-12-21 04:19

Right now we don’t know who is at fault for the crashes. A majority of autonomous vehicle crashes are actually the fault of other human drivers.

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