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[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

so... uhh... what's the point?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

Elon spent all this money on making a taxi that drives itself but needs a driver and only works some of the time.

Elon is a genius.....

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago

This is even worse than I expected. I expected another delay, or a autonomous taxi with a remote driver constantly monitoring at best. This is no better than a regular taxi.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

More like Hobotaxi, am I right?

Or Nobotaxi, if that's funnier. Whichever you like is fine.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 week ago (1 children)
  • Will have a driver in the "robo" taxi
  • Will need to only run on specific area at specific time frame
  • Won't run in "bad" weather
  • Has all other kinds of small rules and quirks.

This seems like a complete waste of time for everyone involved.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago

It's almost like it's a grift for government contracts

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

SMH not even 700 ppl remote working in India like Amazon

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Are they allowed to honk?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So..... A regular taxi, then? 🤔🤭😂😂😂😂

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, this will be less convenient and more expensive. Like the tesla tunnel thing in Vegas: subway, but much worse.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

The autonomous taxis near me are legit more expensive than lift and Uber, the only time I tried to use it at least.

They've also got agents watching you inside the autonomous taxi at all times, so that's fun.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

More fraud.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

So just a regular Taxi then.....groundbreaking.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago

He did it again. Except now you have a shitty robo taxi with a driver that pays no attention. The worst of both worlds.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

if he innovates even more he might eventually invent trains!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Like the Paris metro

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