Report: Cybercab Robotaxi service fleet will launch with remote control teleoperator backup

[Old Spice]

https://www.reuters.com/business/au...perator-backup-deutsche-bank-says-2024-12-09/

Tesla aims to launch robotaxi with teleoperator backup, Deutsche Bank says

December 9, 2024

Dec 9 (Reuters) - Tesla aims to start its robotaxi service with a company-owned fleet backed up by human teleoperators for safety, Deutsche Bank said in a note after a meeting with the company's head of investor relations.

The electric vehicle maker still is shooting for a launch of its cheaper vehicle in the first half of next year and other models later in the year, the bank said after the meeting with investor relations chief Travis Axelrod. It published the note on Friday.

Tesla plans to launch robotaxi service in California and Texas next year, Deutsche Bank said. Tesla had set that goal earlier this year.
Axelrod did not respond to a request for comment.

"Tesla believes it would be reasonable to assume some type of teleoperator would be needed at least initially for safety/redundancy purposes," the bank said in the note. "Management intends to start off entirely with the company-owned fleet" and to use an internally developed ride-hail app, it said.

 

[Friday]

All those hours of Mario Kart are gonna pay off for some 90's kids!

 

[CyberGus]

All those hours of Mario Kart are gonna pay off for some 90's kids!

Mario Kart? More like GTA

 

[ABILISK]

Excited to see the ratio of human to robot drivers we have on the road in a few years! I could see the test to get a driver’s license becoming harder to pass soon.

 

[DrDefore]

Excited to see the ratio of human to robot drivers we have on the road in a few years! I could see the test to get a driver’s license becoming harder to pass soon.

What will it cost to insure a two eyed easily distracted drowsy monkey to drive an automobile lol

 

[ABILISK]

What will it cost to insure a two eyed easily distracted drowsy monkey to drive an automobile lol

I’ve considered that and determined I have no idea what insurance will be like anymore. 2 options:

1. CC owners (or any vehicle with FSD) get low rates and human driver’s rates skyrocket.

2. Human driver’s rates stay about the same as they are today and FSDers won’t even need insurance anymore. Tesla will ultimately have to take responsibility for FSD when it’s unsupervised so in the unlikely event FSD causes an accident, the other driver’s insurance company will deal with them directly.