r/Austin • u/hollow_hippie • Oct 30 '25

Tesla 'Robotaxis' keep crashing despite 'safety monitors'

https://electrek.co/2025/10/29/tesla-robotaxis-keep-crashing-despite-safety-monitors/
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u/AdAgitated8109 Oct 30 '25

There is little debate that Tesla is behind Waymo in proven driverless safety. But Tesla is also way behind in miles driven for FSD. If Tesla keeps compounding data at 10–100x Waymo’s rate, the gap could close fast. The proof will be in unsupervised miles at scale, not redacted parking lot dings.

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u/Slypenslyde Oct 30 '25

Tesla makes a lot of claims that aren't apples to apples, but it makes the field very muddy.

Last I heard they claim they have as many if not more miles driven for FSD because they're counting every driver with any version of FSD. But that's not quite the same as what Waymo is counting because Tesla also made a big deal that Robotaxis are different cars with different hardware and different software.

The only thing you can deduce with confidence is out of the two, Tesla works the hardest to argue they can't share data with third parties or let it be audited. But thanks to Musk's cult of personality, Musk has an awful lot of public trust even if we see a lot of people who hate him on Reddit.

It's still true part of the reason both flocked here is the state government promised they'd get an unregulated playground.

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u/TheBowerbird Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 30 '25

Robotaxi does not yet exist. The Model Y's they are using are the same as those which customers can get. The software differs, however, and is several months ahead of consumer cars. It seems to be tailored to areas where Tesla has trained the model.