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Tesla gets new information request from NHTSA on Robotaxi rollout

hard2resist | 2025-05-13 14:12 | 137 views

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Dr_Pippin 2025-05-13 14:49

Not the first, not the last.

1988rx7T2 2025-05-13 14:50

I would love to see the responses to these detailed questions.

Darmiejr 2025-05-13 15:20

These are questions I'm sure this intelligent team has already answered and resolved. Let's face it, they should investigate every human collision in inclement weather to.

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jedi2155 2025-05-13 16:42

My biggest concern in Texas is black ice conditions.

soggy_mattress 2025-05-13 16:47

The 10th biggest company in the world isn't competent? Do you hear yourself?

Dynasty3310 2025-05-13 17:28

Because all of their cars have achieved the highest safety scores in the collision tests. All models. You don't stumble across that achievement via incompetence.

Xichi- 2025-05-13 17:29

Safety tests to survive crashes and safety tests to not run over pedestrians are two WILDLY different categories.

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980tihelp 2025-05-13 18:10

You clearly haven’t seen the Tesla truck NHTSA collision video

cwhiterun 2025-05-13 18:59

Here you go: 💩

paulwesterberg 2025-05-13 21:38

Yeah currently FSD in icy conditions does a poor job of reducing speed appropriately, increasing follow distance and slowing down earlier when approaching intersections.

Itchy_Platypus4085 2025-05-13 21:54

🤡

ChunkyThePotato 2025-05-13 22:24

Except Tesla has top scores in that category too: https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/tesla/model+y/46618 Maybe check the facts before implying that they perform poorly there.

Xichi- 2025-05-13 22:29

Maybe read the report or my comment before assuming things. Nowhere in my statement did I say they perform well OR bad in FSD testing vs pedestrians. And NOWHERE in that report did they state about testing FSD, even supervised, vs pedestrians. That’s your standard passenger/driver safety report regarding the interior of the car.

ChunkyThePotato 2025-05-13 22:39

Dude, the report has tests for accident avoidance with other cars and with pedestrians. Tesla Model Y scored 98% for overall accident avoidance (the category they call "safety assist"), which is literally the highest score ever given to a car by Euro NCAP. Literally just read the page. The score in that category is right there. Or open the full report to see more details.

Xichi- 2025-05-13 22:42

FSD report? Cause I’m not seeing one. I see accident avoidance, but that’s standard with every car. Show me the safety report that specifically calls out pedestrian safety under FSD control. This is why they’re asking those questions. Because the only facts and figures are the ones involved with accidents. I scanned through the entire report before commenting back. It has the usual safety tests, but never once did they note safety when under FSD control.

Dynasty3310 2025-05-13 23:49

The message is still the same, tesla performs admirably on safety tests which shows competence.

Xichi- 2025-05-13 23:53

How many structural or design engineers do you know well versed enough to also be software engineers, creating what amounts to AI algorithms? There’s a reason inspections happen at various points during build phases, from my experience with FSD, it’s good but absolutely not ready to be on its own.

Mattsasa 2025-05-14 00:04

I’m sure they will closely monitor conditions and not deploy these vehicles if this is possible.

McD-Szechuan 2025-05-14 00:22

Are you saying you don’t think Cybertruck’s NHSTA 5 star safety rating is legit?

ChunkyThePotato 2025-05-14 01:17

No, not FSD. They tested Tesla's vision-only collision avoidance features (automatic emergency braking, etc.), and it scored better than literally all other collision avoidance systems on all other cars. The point is Tesla's vision system is literally the best collision avoidance system in the industry.

caj_account 2025-05-14 01:29

The not wearing seatbelt regulation causes a compromised design.

ibelieve2020 2025-05-14 21:32

Someone at NHTSA probably getting fired soon...

CarCooler 2025-05-15 03:39

Datasets for slippery and icy surfaces should automagically suggest this situation to Tesla AI and the development team.

CarCooler 2025-05-15 03:41

'Incompetent' is not the right word for any of Tesla's departments. All Tesla teams are very competent and keep getting better in their trade constantly.

CarCooler 2025-05-15 03:42

Bro, wake up.

Mattsasa 2025-05-15 04:04

It’s not rocket science. Waymo Zoox cruise and others have been doing this for 5+ years. I’m not confident in the success of Tesla robotaxi… but this reason in particular is the least of the concerns

Lexsteel11 2025-05-16 00:02

What does Waymo do?

jedi2155 2025-05-16 00:14

They don't operate in areas that have black ice

Lexsteel11 2025-05-16 00:15

Pussies

sleepspiral 2025-05-16 01:19

/s?

sleepspiral 2025-05-16 01:20

Do you know how they detect it?

Prior-Butterscotch-3 2025-05-17 05:11

Blind faith in the NHTSA ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|yummy)

TheYellowSpade 2025-05-17 17:03

bro don’t just say stuff

TheYellowSpade 2025-05-17 17:04

don’t worry about that guy man, he’s not level-headed in his reasoning

Dragunspecter 2025-05-17 17:53

They're deploying in Boston this month

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