Elon Musk's Tesla hits a speed bump in its California ‘Robotaxi’ rollout: Permits

If they put as much effort into building a functional robotaxi as they do into fraud they would be worth $30T.

Elon has been living off **fake demos** since his first fraudulent company.

That's a more thorough article, citing public records, than I've seen reported elsewhere.

It’s a funny thing… seems the attack on the press has inspired some organizations to go on a fact offensive. I’m enjoying it.

Why not 30000T ?

Instead of hiring a team of engineers, he will hire a team of lawyers.

Musk knew he would never get permits approved in time to launch his chauffeur service San Francisco. His plan is to blame the state and much of the mainstream media will repeat his Robotaxi lies.

Imagine having the job of a robotaxi babysitter. You just sit there waiting to yank the steering wheel if the dumbfuck tech decides to take an illegal left turn? Can you play Switch while waiting for fares? Can you pay rent in the Bay Area in a roll like this? Is it a job?

Tesla went full circle then, straight out of the pinto playbook.

Well these are not babysitters just taxi drivers.

So it turns out, the Optimus robot will be driving the Robotaxi. Therefore, there’s no person to pay, no FSD to deliver, and he’ll be able to cover about half the worlds population by years end. The Optimus robot will be someone ICE has rounded up, and Neuralink has reprogrammed to utter racial tropes and chuckle to itself. WTF?

Why put “effort” in when the stock will go up if you just say things?

I put 2000 miles on FSD last month and it was pretty good, but I don't understand how this clip in Austin: https://youtu.be/N2l2KcwBXZ8?si=XVZoMXpgwoOWqPV-&t=291 is remotely acceptable; if I were doing ADAS R&D the first trials would be low-speed navigation of a parking lot! That's the baby steps! You don't need 100 billion miles, just two hours in a parking lot! 1) Learn how to Go 2) Learn how to Stop 3) Learn how to Park .... n) Cybertaxi Service

The ultimate pump, put remotely operated optimus in the drivers seat

Where n = never.

Regulations? In California??? Who could have anticipated that?

Don’t you mean **quadrillion**?

[https://www.plainsite.org/documents/28jcs0/california-dmv-tesla-robotaxi--fsd-notes/](https://www.plainsite.org/documents/28jcs0/california-dmv-tesla-robotaxi--fsd-notes/) **2021** (page 7) >Notwithstanding other public messaging from Tesla about developing vehicles capable of full driving automation, **Tesla reiterated** that the City Streets **feature is** currently a Society of Automotive Engineers **(SAE) level two (2) Advanced Driver-Assistance feature** and that Tesla will continue to monitor how participants interact with the feature and make improvements. >As mentioned in your December 14, 2020 correspondence and per California regulations, **should** Tesla develop technology features **characterized** as **SAE level 3** or higher, Tesla will seek the appropriate regulatory permitting from the DMV before autonomous vehicles are operated on public roads. FSD is only **SAE level 2**

Just imagine listening to Elongelicals praising FSD all day long. Would drive me nuts. But if I were a safety driver, I'd at least start a side gig selling passengers fake souvenirs like Elon's pubic hair.

Full Self-Deception

Well, comically, if you solve the sentient human robot thing, you've also solved Level 5 self driving. I'm sure it's right around the corner ...

He needs to blame SOMEbody when he fails to produce!

##THE PERSON IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT IS ONLY THERE FOR LEGAL REASONS. ##HE IS NOT DOING ANYTHING. ##THE CAR IS DRIVING ITSELF. > https://youtu.be/Q14tkD5__dE?si=doArhreIiA-JMVUA **2016 Video is scrubbed from Tesla.com**

I mean there is effort and there is competence. The latter is lacking no matter how of the former goes in!

By the end of the year, they will dominate the market.

Entirely predictable, permits like this are not federally issued. Texas wasn't going to push back as to not piss off Elon. California does not care and likely knows the tech is not and never will be ready for primetime.

They definitely should put effort in building stuff rather than hyping. However even a successful robotaxi business won't get it anywhere close to $30T.