Brad Templeton

EFF chair emeritus, Singularity U founding faculty, Self-Driving Car consultant, Entrepreneur,

[Brad Templeton @bradtem]

@NextGenEV @NHTSAgov @iihsresearch @IIHS_autosafety @WaymoCommunity @wayve_ai @alexgkendall @AVImagazine @nuro @theavindustry @KidsAndCars Sorry title was the small and narrow, not thin and narrow!

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I Nailed a Robotaxi Forecast In 2013. Here’s Why Elon Keeps Blowing It
https://t.co/DhPScZmTbW

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@NextGenEV @NHTSAgov @iihsresearch @IIHS_autosafety @WaymoCommunity @wayve_ai @alexgkendall @AVImagazine @nuro @theavindustry @KidsAndCars I like much smaller designs than the giant cyber cab. See my article "the rise of the thin and narrow vehicle". However, when taking 3+ pax they will get bigger

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@TheRideshareGuy @robotaxi No, it is not their trademark! They filed for it. But because it is generic they were refused by the PTO. They are trying to pretend that didn't happen.

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@FutureBuckNasty Chris urmson, who ran waymo and now runs Aurora and Elon musk are both Canadian citizens and waabi is based in Toronto. So there's hope for Canada.

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13 years ago, at the Wired 2013 event in London, I was asked when robotaxis would arrive there and as a joke, gave an answer of June 22, 2026 that turned out to be impossibly spot on. (3 companies are waiting on regulators to deploy right now.) It wasn't just a joke, though, it was based on my real predictions of the time, so as we approach the date I predicted, I've made a video to review just how predictions about self-driving by all sorts of people (especially including Elon Musk) have been right and wrong over the years, and why.

Why did so many get it so wrong? How did I get it almost dead on? Enjoy the video, or a text version which is up on the Forbes site.

https://t.co/3IU4mcM5W2

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Waymos Have Trouble With Floods, Which Is Surprising
https://t.co/0u8CNMaK7L

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California Lets Cops Give Tickets To Robocars, Which Is Ridiculous
https://t.co/ZcGulwNZBU

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Two Waymo Airport Stories Teach A Lesson About Customer Service
https://t.co/iMwAhBzQXn

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The L.A. Olympics Are In Two Years, Perhaps Too Soon For Much 21st Century Transportation
https://t.co/4vrYax0gnG

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After Earth Day, Understand The Transit Compromise To Grasp Efficiency
https://t.co/EUNivrked5

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Elon Musk Details FSD Upgrades, Slowed Robotaxi Rollout
https://t.co/9gCOKRTQZl

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China: https://t.co/2IizFlOOgL Wants Toe In European Water
https://t.co/ip3JiMfGPS

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Urbanists Hate Cars. Should They Hate Electric Robotaxis?
https://t.co/y7GdORjX3f

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@FudKim While I do own Tesla FSD, you can't judge the quality of a robotaxi by taking a ride in it yourself. You can't judge it from 1,000 perfect rides! That's not how robotaxi evaluation works.

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Does Tesla Really Have A Robotaxi? They Don’t Make It Easy To Find Out
https://t.co/Mi1qP02QRL

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@iamjesserichard May I reproduce your map, with attribution, in a Forbes story about Tesla robotaxi?

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Baidu Silent About Failure Of 100 Robotaxis In Wuhan
https://t.co/89v8OPerjz

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Verne Plans Croatian Robotaxi, Dropping Mobileye And Dropping Verne?
https://t.co/Qt9dsXdua6