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  • Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call

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  • Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call

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  • y'all not got bendy bollards? most bollards are bendy.

    is that just a Chicago thing? they don't trust us with solid bollards, it would be a mass-casualty-incident instantly

  • Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call

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  • A non-existent car is ALSO safer than a human-driven car, so it'll sound weird coming from an automotive journalist, but I totally agree. There's no car safer than a railway car.

  • Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call

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  • The human safety supervisor of a Tesla Robotaxi who crashed was apparently sleep deprived and having a mental health episode, so, if you think self-driving cars will insulate you from human foibles, just you wait. The futures going to get real weird!

    Broadly I agree, though. The goal is better-than-human. It really shouldn't ever cross a solid line, though.

    That was this case, it's all self-reported so take it with a grain of salt, but it was interesting food for thought: https://electrek.co/2026/07/28/tesla-self-driving-manager-rolling-hazards-lawsuit/

  • Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call

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  • I actually looked into that...!

    The Google Maps interface lets you see when the street was imaged. It's been that way since 2024, at least. A helpful Redditor shared the link to it.

    https://maps.app.goo.gl/VZRjSc325Kg7Vpq17

    I'm bad as an automotive journalist. What I lack in skill, I make up for with effort and comedic timing

  • Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call

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  • I'm honestly surprised that a Tesla Model Y fit in this gap. Maybe it ran over the first bollard a bit?

    Edit: And, IDK, "managed to get out appropriately" in this case would unfortunately mean throwing it in reverse and doubling back through the cross-walk, I think. It's never a good idea to run stuff over to get where you're going.

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call

    fuelarc.com /cars/tesla-robotaxi-mows-down-bollards-keeps-driving-shortly-after-stock-call-touts-impeccable-safety-record/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call

    fuelarc.com /cars/tesla-robotaxi-mows-down-bollards-keeps-driving-shortly-after-stock-call-touts-impeccable-safety-record/

  • Updated: CyberTruck “Slices Deer in Half”… Elon claims that it is safer for pedestrians.

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  • This is how it do.

    Also, hey, Taco gang, lfg!

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
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    Updated: CyberTruck “Slices Deer in Half”… Elon claims that it is safer for pedestrians.

    fuelarc.com /evs/cybertruck-slices-deer-in-half-at-highway-speed-but-what-about-pedestrians/

  • Cybertruck Driver Tests “Wade Mode” in Grapevine Lake, Test Ends with Bricked Truck & Driver in Jail.

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  • Naw that's pretty standard today, too! I'm in a 2021 Toyota Tacoma, that thing is bomb proof, I could spray a firehose in the main cabin and the worse damage I would do is, IDK, maybe shorting out the cabin light?

    Love ya, thanks for letting us know

  • Cybertruck Driver Tests “Wade Mode” in Grapevine Lake, Test Ends with Bricked Truck & Driver in Jail.

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  • Interestingly, it appears to drift in the videos - unclear if while it is powered on if it exceeds the depth rating. I lean towards no? I can't find any extended section of the video where it is either foundering or floating while in motion.

    It 100% exceeds the depth rating later (like in your screencap), but it's floating or sliding into deeper water after being bricked.

  • Cybertruck Driver Tests “Wade Mode” in Grapevine Lake, Test Ends with Bricked Truck & Driver in Jail.

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  • Pressurizes battery compartment, lifts the suspension to maximum height, and triggers a few off-road adjacent drive train features IIRC

    Well, that's what the manual says, but this Cybertruck's battery pack was about as pressurized as a submarine with screen doors, so your mileage will DEFINITELY vary

  • Cybertruck Driver Tests “Wade Mode” in Grapevine Lake, Test Ends with Bricked Truck & Driver in Jail.

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  • 😂 Some of the time, the jokes are hard to shoehorn into the articles. This time? The jokes practically wrote themselves

  • Cybertruck Driver Tests “Wade Mode” in Grapevine Lake, Test Ends with Bricked Truck & Driver in Jail.

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  • This got me thinking, you're right, how can it be a boat if it can't float?

    Turns out, everything is bigger in Texas, including the legal definition of what constitutes a boat.

    Is it motorized, above 14 feet in length, and afloat, docked, or stored on Texas waters? Then it's a boat that needs to be registered, fam.

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    Cybertruck Driver Tests “Wade Mode” in Grapevine Lake, Test Ends with Bricked Truck & Driver in Jail.

    fuelarc.com /trucks/cybertruck-driver-tests-wade-mode-in-grapevine-lake-test-ends-with-bricked-truck-driver-in-jail/

  • Waymo Fleet More Than Triples In Size Year-over-Year, According to NHTSA Recall Data

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  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Waymo Fleet More Than Triples In Size Year-over-Year, According to NHTSA Recall Data

    fuelarc.com /news-and-features/waymo-fleet-more-than-triples-in-size-year-over-year/

  • Cybertruck Pulled from Beach by Toyota Minivan

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  • Cybertruck Pulled from Beach by Toyota Minivan

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  • what's the difference between a 200 pound average male passenger and a 2026 Cybertruck RWD at 6,117 pound curb weight?

    It's mostly in your head, I feel like.

  • Cybertruck Pulled from Beach by Toyota Minivan

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  • Boonhet is correct on this. The rescue vehicle getting a running start, that works and does not damage the vehicle when done correctly (it's slower than you might think).

    You can watch a Youtube video if you want to see it done correctly, but the straps designed for the purpose are cheap, I've got one in my Tacoma just in case.

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    Cybertruck Pulled from Beach by Toyota Minivan

    fuelarc.com /trucks/cybertruck-pulled-from-beach-by-toyota-minivan/

  • Tesla Has 39 Unsupervised Robotaxis Nearly a Year After Launch. At This Rate, They’ll Catch Up to Waymo in 85 Years.

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  • I mean, there are traffic violations, and then there are traffic violations - if there's a dead body at the end, it was the second type.

    Neither is desirable, but it would actually be a big win to create a tech system that drives a car that produces fewer fatalities per mile than the average human, regardless of whether or not it generates speeding tickets or other inconveniences.

    That's my opinion, anyway. I won't downvote you, I only downvote comments unhelpful to the overall conversation, you're not being unhelpful, I just disagree with you.

  • Tesla Has 39 Unsupervised Robotaxis Nearly a Year After Launch. At This Rate, They’ll Catch Up to Waymo in 85 Years.

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  • I was actually surprised that Waymo had only thousands of units in operation.

    That being said, 3,000 commercially operating for years with zero fatalities, that's not nothing. It's not a ton, it doesn't change the world (much), but it isn't zero. Tesla's result so far rounds down to zero.

  • Tesla Has 39 Unsupervised Robotaxis Nearly a Year After Launch. At This Rate, They’ll Catch Up to Waymo in 85 Years.

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  • No, no, the AI calls APIs.

    That is to say, A.ctual P.eople in I.ndia

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    Tesla Has 39 Unsupervised Robotaxis Nearly a Year After Launch. At This Rate, They’ll Catch Up to Waymo in 85 Years.

    fuelarc.com /news-and-features/tesla-has-39-unsupervised-robotaxis-nearly-a-year-after-launch-at-this-rate-theyll-catch-up-to-waymo-in-85-years/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    Tesla Has 39 Unsupervised Robotaxis Nearly a Year After Launch. At This Rate, They’ll Catch Up to Waymo in 85 Years.

    fuelarc.com /news-and-features/tesla-has-39-unsupervised-robotaxis-nearly-a-year-after-launch-at-this-rate-theyll-catch-up-to-waymo-in-85-years/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    An Enterprising Ioniq 6 Driver Got DOOM Running on Center Console

    fuelarc.com /evs/an-enterprising-ioniq-6-driver-got-doom-running-on-center-console/
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    Cybertruck Self-Destructs in Shallow Water… Leaving Questions About the Promised “Boat Mode”

    fuelarc.com /off-road/watch-this-cybertruck-self-destruct-in-shallow-water/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    AWS Datacenter Lit Ablaze by “Objects” in UAE, Amid Other Outages in Region at War

    fuelarc.com /tech/aws-datacenter-lit-ablaze-by-objects-in-uae-amid-other-outages-in-region-at-war/
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    DHS Agents Arrest Man by Pretending to Be Stranded Motorists… A Ploy to Get The “Worst of the Worst” Who are Midwest Nice

    fuelarc.com /hot-takes/ice-agents-trap-man-by-pretending-to-be-stranded-motorists-a-ploy-to-get-the-worst-of-the-worst-who-are-midwest-nice/
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    ICE Agents Surge Into Minneapolis, Immediately Thwarted by Actual Ice

    fuelarc.com /cars/ice-agents-surge-into-minneapolis-immediately-thwarted-by-actual-ice/
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    Las Vegas Police Touted New “Bulletproof” Cybertrucks. The Only Problem? They Aren’t Bulletproof.

    fuelarc.com /cars/las-vegas-police-force-touted-new-bulletproof-cybertrucks-the-only-problem-they-arent-bulletproof/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    Popup Ads in Your Pickup Truck? RAM Trucks Now Feature Scammy Ads on the Center Display

    fuelarc.com /cars/popup-ads-in-your-pickup-truck-ram-trucks-now-feature-scammy-ads-on-the-center-display/
  • Too Dumb To Imagine @europe.pub
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    Tesla Robotaxi Stops Mid-Intersection & Runs a Red Light… The Influencer Onboard Calls It “Impressive”

    fuelarc.com /cars/tesla-robotaxi-stops-mid-intersection-after-running-a-red-light-the-influencer-onboard-calls-it-impressive/
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    Tesla Robotaxi Stops Mid-Intersection After Running a Red Light… The Influencer Onboard Calls It “Impressive”

    fuelarc.com /cars/tesla-robotaxi-stops-mid-intersection-after-running-a-red-light-the-influencer-onboard-calls-it-impressive/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    Tesla Robotaxi Stops Mid-Intersection After Running a Red Light… The Influencer Onboard Calls It “Impressive”

    fuelarc.com /cars/tesla-robotaxi-stops-mid-intersection-after-running-a-red-light-the-influencer-onboard-calls-it-impressive/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    KayLeadfoot @fedia.io

    Tesla Reports Drop in Self-Driving Safety After Introducing “End-to-End Neural Networks”

    fuelarc.com /news-and-features/teslas-self-driving-data-reports-safety-decline-after-introducing-end-to-end-neural-networks/
  • A Boring Dystopia @lemmy.world
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    Two Tesla Robotaxis Use Center of Four-Lane Road for Pickup and Dropoff… With One Getting Stuck for 4 Minutes

    fuelarc.com /tech/tesla-robotaxi-stops-in-traffic-for-4-minutes-as-onboard-tesla-influencer-describes-the-ride-as-smooth-and-confident/