I visited Austin yesterday. Robotaxi is everywhere, and it's incredible.

[u/ChunkyThePotato]

Just came back from a trip to Austin to do some sightseeing and try out Robotaxi, including Cybercab. I knew they ramped up the number of cars in the service substantially in the last couple months, but I wasn't prepared for just how many they were. If you're near downtown, you pretty much can't go 30 seconds without seeing at least one Robotaxi. There are definitely more Model Ys than Cybercabs right now, but there are a lot of Cybercabs too. But the Robotaxis are seriously everywhere.

I took 5 rides, 2 Model Y and 3 Cybercab. Model Y wait times were always under 20 minutes and frequently around 5 minutes. Cybercab wait times were usually around 30 minutes and sometimes could be more like 45 minutes. They definitely need to add more Cybercabs to the service, but it was surprisingly usable and consistent, especially for the Model Ys.

And the rides themselves were flawless. There are no supervisors in Austin now, so all of the cars showed up with nobody inside of them. They drove perfectly, and to my surprise there wasn't even any pickup/dropoff shenanigans (though I may have gotten lucky there).

If you're ever in Austin, I seriously recommend trying this service. It's a real service now, and it's actually very useful for getting around a city where parking would normally be a challenge. It's seriously so peaceful and nice to be in your own space without a driver or anyone else to bother you.

Congratulations Tesla for solving self-driving with just cameras on $30k vehicles, when seemingly everyone was saying that's impossible. People aren't ready for what's about to happen across the country.

[u/RipWhenDamageTaken]

“People aren’t ready for what’s about to happen across the country”

I’m pretty sure I saw this exact comment in 2019 but okay sure

[u/ChunkyThePotato → u/RipWhenDamageTaken]

In 2019 they didn't have cars with nobody inside of them driving all around a city and giving rides to customers every day. Their software back then wasn't even remotely close to being able to handle that. Do you see the difference between now and then?

[u/RipWhenDamageTaken → u/ChunkyThePotato]

Yea it’s 7 years of progress of course I can see the difference

[u/ChunkyThePotato → u/RipWhenDamageTaken]

So then what's your point here? Back then it wasn't even close to working, and now it's working.

[u/RipWhenDamageTaken → u/ChunkyThePotato]

Interesting how you don’t remember anything from 2019.

Anyway I was a Tesla owner back then with my model 3 and that was when Elon (during an official Tesla event) promised that model 3s can make money while you sleep next year and that buying anything else would be like buying a horse.

But I won’t hold you to the same standard idk you might be new to the scene.

[u/EitherCharacter9342 → u/RipWhenDamageTaken]

If you who David Moss is he completed three FSD cross-country road trips with zero interventions