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Tesla removes Safety Monitors, begins fully autonomous Robotaxi testing
Posted on 12/14/25 at 11:00 pm
Posted on 12/14/25 at 11:00 pm
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Tesla has started Robotaxi testing in Austin, Texas, without any vehicle occupants, the company’s CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Sunday. Two Tesla Model Y Robotaxi units were spotted in Austin traveling on public roads with nobody in the car.
The testing phase begins just a week after Musk confirmed that Tesla would be removing Safety Monitors from its vehicles “within the next three weeks.” Tesla has been working to initiate driverless rides by the end of the year since the Robotaxi fleet was launched back in June.
Two units were spotted, with the first being seen from the side and clearly showing no human beings inside the cabin of the Model Y Robotaxi:
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It's been nice knowing you, Waymo
$TSLA stacked.....$GOOG fricked?
Elon's going to be proved right again, isn't he? Going all in on vision when others had a more complex perception stack that included cameras + lidar + radar was thought of gamble at that time. That guy is truly something.
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Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:13 am to saintforlife1
Yep, the guy does some incredible things, but he gets hate because he sometimes sees the future too early 
. It has always amazed me how much he is hated, even before he became political. Many humans just seem to hate new technology. Now, he is going to put data centers on satellites. That will be the new hate .
. It has always amazed me how much he is hated, even before he became political. Many humans just seem to hate new technology. Now, he is going to put data centers on satellites. That will be the new hate . 
Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:22 am to Hitman67
Envy is Ugly
Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:30 am to Hitman67
Slowly, then all at once. Awake the entire fleet let’s geauxxx! 
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Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:30 am to saintforlife1
Wish I had more. Started at 10. Now have 200 shares. Just a matter of when this goes even higher.
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Posted on 12/15/25 at 1:29 pm to saintforlife1
I cant wait for this technology to be allowed for regular passenger vehicles. complete game changer. Can you imagine being able to let your car go to work for you while you are not using it? Also, you can do things like send the car to pick up your parent and bring them to a doctor visit or bring your child to sports practice while you are at work. It will be revolutionary. Not to mention shutdown all of these foreign shitheads that are doing taxi and uber.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 1:43 pm to diat150
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I cant wait for this technology to be allowed for regular passenger vehicles. complete game changer. Can you imagine being able to let your car go to work for you while you are not using it? Also, you can do things like send the car to pick up your parent and bring them to a doctor visit or bring your child to sports practice while you are at work. It will be revolutionary. Not to mention shutdown all of these foreign shitheads that are doing taxi and uber.
And it will put insurance companies out of business.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 4:01 pm to saintforlife1
I have 65 shares and I wish I owned more. Tesla will change the world as we know it.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 8:05 pm to saintforlife1
The latest version of FSD on the regular HW4 cars is incredible. If you’re not in bumper to bumper traffic, you don’t even have to pay attention to the road with it nagging you. It just lets you play on your phone or whatever.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 9:36 pm to nugget
So does anyone think this kills Uber or just puts a big dent in them?
i dont order food much, but im going to assume you dont need to tip the driver for autonomous deliveries?
i dont order food much, but im going to assume you dont need to tip the driver for autonomous deliveries?
Posted on 12/16/25 at 6:00 am to nugget
quote:heck, my Ford Blue Cruise will self drive in bumper to bumper. It’s nice. Put on a pod cast and zone out while my truck basically drives itself
If you’re not in bumper to bumper traffic, you don’t even have to pay attention to the road
Eta, not saying Blue Cruise is better than Tesla , just saying about the state of self driving tech
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Posted on 12/16/25 at 8:22 am to nugget
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. If you’re not in bumper to bumper traffic, you don’t even have to pay attention to the road with it nagging you. It just lets you play on your phone or whatever.
I think it does better in bumper to bumper traffic. Mine absolutely does not allow me to play on the phone. If I am doing anything on the phone it will disengage the FSD pretty quickly. 2026 Model Y.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 11:32 am to saintforlife1
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It's been nice knowing you, Waymo
$TSLA stacked.....$GOOG fricked?
Oh yeah Tesla is testing in one market meanwhile Waymo is doing over 450k paid rides a week in 5 active markets.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 12:14 pm to Sterling Archer
Lol, you have to really understand what is going on. When Tesla is ready a light switch goes on and everyone with a Tesla will have the technology. You can go buy a 150k Lidar equipped Waymo if you want to, assuming they are still in business when you decide to purchase.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 12:38 pm to Hitman67
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Lol, you have to really understand what is going on. When Tesla is ready a light switch goes on and everyone with a Tesla will have the technology. You can go buy a 150k Lidar equipped Waymo if you want to, assuming they are still in business when you decide to purchase.
I understand the two approaches. Waymo having a multi layered system (cameras, Lidars & Radars) vs Tesla having a camera only approach. The bet is Tesla's model will be as safe as Waymo's. I don't know if that will be true (no one does right now) but my bet is it won't be.
Waymo's costs will come down as they move from the Jaguar and move some manufacturing in house. But Waymo also is working with multiple car manufacturers in Hyundai, Jaguar, Toyota and Zeekr.
The winner will ultimately be the people with impaired mobility and safer roads across the board. I just like Waymo's approach more
Posted on 12/16/25 at 2:23 pm to Sterling Archer
Waymo white paper says vision only is way to go. They are working on their version of it and will implement it later. LiDAR is not the final answer. They will figure it out no doubt, problem for them is scaling versus Tesla. 2500 cars right now and maybe 5k next year is small potatoes for Tesla. They can make that in a few days whenever they are ready to go. I’m betting Tesla is the clear winner here with wayno having a 20 percent ish market share
Posted on 12/16/25 at 4:55 pm to SeymourButts
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Waymo white paper says vision only is way to go.
Have a link? I hadn't seen anything that says this
Posted on 12/16/25 at 7:10 pm to Hitman67
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When Tesla is ready a light switch goes on and everyone with a Tesla will have the technology.
Tesla already said hw3 and earlier won't support it
Posted on 12/17/25 at 5:08 am to Sterling Archer
The winner is Tesla and it's not even close 2nd. Its only matter of time is all.
Posted on 12/17/25 at 9:12 am to UltimaParadox
Yes, if people have hw3 and want FSD they will have to Tesla will have to upgrade them to hw4.
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