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I’ll try and be brief today to share some of my concerns
Long and rambling article which repeats itself a lot
Even so, I’m glad to see more and more of this. It’s a meme stock wrapped in lies, and I can’t wait for it to implode. I say this as a former owner and major fanboy.
I was in Austin this past April and I was surprised not only by the huge number of Waymo cars on the road, but also by how well they performed. The thing to note is that these cars are jam packed with advanced sensors sprouting from all over its body like mushrooms. Even then, they still made mistakes like getting stuck in Chik-fil-a drive-thrus. Tesla opted to forgo all advanced detection systems in favor of shitty cameras. I cannot see any scenario where Teslas can perform in any acceptable manner with the built-in equipment.
EDIT: The fact that Robotaxis don't work when it rains is hilarious and reminds me of that terrible old Eddie Murphy movie (Best Defense I think) in which an autonomous fighter drone goes crazy because they washed it for an air show and the general asks them "have any of you bozos ever heard of rain?!?" Something like that. It's been decades.
If your technology is postponed for years and arrives in a half-broken state, who is ever going to believe anything you say? For Tesla and its stakeholders, it’s reached comical proportions of fraud.
I LOVE THIS ARTICLE
Edit: I might have irritated an Elmo fan, which just makes me love things even more.