Does robo-taxi imply payment? Or would pinging your own car to come pick you up count as a robo-taxi service?

Waymo’s early days had a safety driver. Can Tesla’s fully autonomous system include a safety driver?

@SrikanthPalanki if the car has a driver, it is not autonomous. A safety driver is still a driver.

Do vehicles following a predetermined route, like a bus, count? Or does it have to be taxi-like, with the customer determining the destination?

Hmm. Based on the description I think a predetermined bus route would count as yes

@GabeGarboden based on the title I think a predetermined bus route clearly doesn't qualify, unless you've got some definition of "taxi" I've never heard

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-11/tesla-plans-to-delay-robotaxi-unveiling-to-october-from-august

https://manifold.markets/RutgerDeMaeyer/in-what-year-will-teslas-robotaxi-b?r=UnV0Z2VyRGVNYWV5ZXI

Does the service have to be offered by Tesla?

@DavidFWatson A third party fleet operator would work as long as it’s using teslas software to route rides, similar to Uber

Related: /Lion/musk-fact-check-will-the-tesla-robo

anywhere in the world by the end of 2025

This means, in at least one location on Earth, right? Not that Tesla offers this from some tiny island

@mattyb Updated description to clarify it has to be on public roads in a city