Tesla Robotaxi Plows Through Bollards in Austin, Testing Claims of Impeccable Safety
The driverless Model Y struck visible bollards after creeping forward and backing up, raising fresh questions about Tesla’s unsupervised robotaxi safety record.
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Tesla’s Robotaxi gets caught crashing through bollards, just as it readies the purpose-built Cybercab for public roads
Texas Robotaxi passenger films car hitting plastic bollardsCompany claims "impeccable" Robotaxi safety record Tesla is preparing Cybercabs for public roads imminentlyA Tesla Robotaxi user in Austin, Texas, has captured the moment their driverless ride failed to navigate a curb extension, marked off by plastic posts, turning directly into them and carrying on with the journey.The incident came not long after Tesla’s head of AI told investors the …
Tesla Robotaxi Plows Through Bollards in Austin, Testing Claims of Impeccable Safety
A Tesla robotaxi with no one in the driver’s seat rolled up to a row of plastic bollards in Austin. It paused. It crept forward and back. Then it simply drove straight through them. The passenger’s voice rose in disbelief. “It ran through the bollards. Holy sh*t.” The video, captured from the front seat of a Model Y operating unsupervised, surfaced this week on Reddit’s r/SelfDrivingCars. It shows the vehicle misreading a curb extension as a rig…
Tesla Robotaxi With No Driver Spotted Smashing Through Traffic Barriers
Like a klutz on an obstacle course, a Tesla Robotaxi with no safety driver seemingly panicked after taking a wrong turn and plowed through a row of bollards, those springy traffic barriers that you are not supposed to run down. The incident was captured in a video uploaded Monday to the r/SelfDrivingCars subreddit and first spotted by Electrek. It was taken by a rider sitting in the front passenger seat, who sounded progressively more concerned …
Tesla 'Robotaxi' rams through bollards weeks after 'impeccable' claim
A Tesla “Robotaxi” running with no safety monitor onboard drove straight through a row of bollards protecting a closed-off lane in Austin, then kept driving. The video surfaced Monday, less than a month after Tesla’s head of AI told investors the Robotaxi program has an “impeccable safety record” with “zero notable incidents.” While no one was hurt or in danger in this incident, it is worrying to see an unsupervised Tesla vehicle ram through cle…
A Tesla robot has been seen violating traffic regulations, even taking down track delimiting pins in the process. This is what documents a video published on social networks recently.
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