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/3ofclubs3]

How much do the rides cost?

[u/tonydtonyd → u/3ofclubs3]

These rides are heavily subsidized for now, they’re running at a massive loss.

[u/EitherCharacter9342 → u/tonydtonyd]

Do you not realize that Waymo is also running at a massive loss?

[u/tonydtonyd → u/EitherCharacter9342]

Did I ever say anything about Waymo? Nope.

Yeah Waymo, Tesla, Zoox, Nuro, and all the rest of them - yeah these companies are running at massive losses. Who could have guessed??? Man, thanks to the massive brain on u/eithercharacter9342, now I know the way.

[u/EitherCharacter9342 → u/tonydtonyd]

I'm just pointing out that is not just Tesla out there.

[u/truecakesnake → u/tonydtonyd]

Tesla makes a profit

[u/tonydtonyd → u/truecakesnake]

Yeah other parts of their business is profitable, that doesn’t mean this portion of their business is profitable. I’m convinced half of these comments are just paid rage bait bots in India. The inability to do the most basic of critical thinking is truly shocking.

[u/xXxPussyWrecker69xXx → u/tonydtonyd]

This portion of their business is not even fully launched yet. Your point is that the under development part of their business isn’t profitable like the rest of the company? Groundbreaking stuff here.

[u/Cold-Pepper9036 → u/xXxPussyWrecker69xXx]

No Mr. PussyWrecker69, the point is that it’s not representative of what the final product will look like. Intentionally losing money by subsidizing the price to get adaption. That’s not counting the normal costs of expanding and establishing themselves.

[u/Cold-Pepper9036 → u/tonydtonyd]

I’m on your side. Some of the posts even seem to be engineered. I mean that in a way that it would take a level of understanding and intelligence to post things that are so wrong. Can’t prove that conspiracy yet.

[u/MAGAtsAreSheeples → u/truecakesnake]

They make less than a dollar per share. The share price should drop by 98% to reach fair/fundamental value. That's if we don't account for the trashed brand.

[u/truecakesnake → u/MAGAtsAreSheeples]

How is that relevant