"Last week, Musk made huge waves when he announced that the automaker's Robotaxi service would finally be giving rides in Austin, Texas, without a human "safety monitor" in the car - something he promised would've been the case since day one. What Musk left out of that announcement, however, was that the human supervisors were moved to another car that followed the robotaxi instead, a workaround that was as dishonest as it was impractical."
"Based on what the service's customers are saying, it appears that, at this moment, none of the Robotaxi rides that Tesla has been giving are "unsupervised." The most convincing testimony comes from Tesla enthusiast David Moss, who made a name for himself by purportedly driving 10,000 miles on FSD v14 without any interventions. Dedicated as he is to the Tesla cause, he traveled to Austin to try out an "unsupervised" Robotaxi ride - but was left sorely disappointed."
Tesla announced Robotaxi rides in Austin that would operate without a human safety monitor. Human supervisors were moved to a trailing vehicle that followed each robotaxi, maintaining human oversight despite the claim of no in-car monitor. A Tesla enthusiast, David Moss, rode 42 times and reported a human safety monitor present on every ride. The unsupervised operation paused during a major winter storm and later resumed without public explanation of operational changes. The launch two days before the storm and timing near quarterly reporting has prompted scrutiny of the service's true level of autonomy and transparency.
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