Tesla is out in full force tonight validating parts of Downtown Austin!
They’re getting ready to expand. They have a fleet of vehicles running up and down the South Congress Bridge.
This is exciting!
A prototype Tesla just passed me in Silicon Valley. It was in full camouflage with four lidar or radar units on all 4 corners of the car. It also had cargo storage on the roof that appeared to have more sensors inside. They went by so fast. I couldn’t get a picture 🙃 possible Robotaxi testing?
This was completely different than the GTM collection vehicles.
I propose the following test to determine who knows more about @Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software, me or @ElonMusk.
Elon says emphatically and repeatedly that Tesla will have unsupervised Full Self-Driving Teslas delivering rides in Austin in June.
I predict that by July 1, Tesla won't have non-geofenced, unsupervised Full Self-Driving Teslas carrying passengers in Austin.
If Elon thinks he is going to get away with putting somebody in the driver's seat or controlling the Tesla remotely and claiming it's an unsupervised system, or deploying it on very limited routes, then he's fooling you right now.
Everyone thinks that Tesla is launching a real robotaxi service offering real rides to ordinary customers, just like @Waymo.
When July 1 comes and there are no Full Self-Driving Tesla robotaxis, it will be clear that I know more about Tesla Full Self-Driving than Elon Musk.