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I'm not so interested in Waymo since they will have a tough time scaling due to the high cost of their vehicles and tech stack. The speakers in the video seem unaware of how much cheaper the Robotaxi network is than Uber or Waymo – possibly simply because at the time of the recording the Robotaxi hadn't launched in Austin yet. But now that it's been operational since the summer I'd be surprised if nobody here has tried it out yet. The app is available to all.
-Tom

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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 16h

afaik robotaxis are only available to people that currently own a Tesla - at least as of a few months ago. I haven't tried it yet but I see them around

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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Car 13h

there is usually a random person sitting in the front seat of these, making sure it doesn't crash, not sure why anyone would want to use that, versus waymo

we have covered robotaxi on SNL, it was actually the first weekend it launched in austin if i remember correctly

i forget what episode that was maybe @wumbo knows

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 12h

ya that’s it!

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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 16h

Out of interest, what are the relative cost for say? Uber vs Waymo vs Robotaxi?

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In Santa Monica, Lyft luxury is the same price as Waymo

California is a failed state

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Wumbo 16h

My mistake.

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