robotaxi

This week, I flew to Austin to do what only a few have been able to: ride in Tesla’s Robotaxis.I took five trips that my rider companion and I found mostly smooth, but there were some bumps. We encountered three issues, including one in which the Robotaxi began to drive…

Tesla just revealed its new robotaxi geofence, and its shape is raising eyebrows.Rolled out in the morning of July 14, some early users of Tesla’s robotaxi app immediately noticed that the shape of the new geofence in Austin resembles that of the male appendage.It is unclear whether the shape was…

Good morning. An American moved to France expecting the workplace dynamics to resemble those back home — they were wrong. For one, they had grown used to friendly yet professional office interactions with clear boundaries. Paris was different, they said. Workplace relationships felt far more personal.In today’s big story, Tesla’s…

Waymo’s robotaxi rides are more expensive than Uber and Lyft rides, but some people are still willing to pay the extra costs, a new study found.Obi, a rideshare price comparison platform, published a study that compared about 90,000 “offer records” — or quoted prices — between March 25 and April…