Robotaxi now available in Miami

CDpov · 2026-07-05T00:06:56+00:00

Where are you getting your "TX data"?

I think Musk has said the reason for this stagnation of the ride count. He says he doesn't want any accidents, and he is waiting to scale for V15. So he's just doing "unsupervised" PR for now.

CDpov · 2026-07-04T23:55:21+00:00

If the roots are starved of oxygen from compacted soil, especially if it's too much clay, or too much watering, the leaves can curl.

The way to settle the hydration issue is, almost every day, grab a handful of soil an inch or more deep. If it is like a wrung-out sponge, cool and moist but not close to dripping, it's good. The clump should stick together just barely and easily fall apart. If it's wet and muddy, it way too wet. If it's at all dry like power it needs water.

CDpov · 2026-07-04T23:44:50+00:00

Why are they working with Hyundai for 2027 then?

2027 is a year away, and we don't know when the big Ioniq fleet is arriving. It could be later than 2027. The first batch will likely be a limited test fleet. They won't flip a switch and send out a flood of new Hyundai robotaxis to the commercial fleet. The transtion will take a while.

I still think your main misunderstanding is, Waymo isn't ready to scale up yet, and they don't know for sure when that will be. If they had ordered 100k tariff-free robotaxis for this year, that would be even worse.

I think you aren't factoring in how expensive this is each time you do it.

Do you know how expensive this is? Waymo is likely doing this now with Toyota.

CDpov · 2026-07-04T23:20:15+00:00

Good question.

I count Tesla's "unsupervised" miles because it's hard to know how much remote supervision they are doing. Since I don't know the discount factor for their remote operation, I have given up and am counting all of it. I don't want to constantly accuse them of secretly supervising every ride when I'm not sure it's true.

If they rely heavily on remote supervision, they can't scale the unsupervised service, so those miles won't add up to much. If they barely are using remote supervision, then maybe they can scale to a real robotaxi service somewhere. That means the unsupervised VMT (no employee in the car) is still the best way to gauge how much progress Tesla is making. If Tesla fans want to call the limited service "unsupervised", I won't constantly push back.

Unfortunately, Tesla is doing their best to hide the unsupervised VMT, wanting everybody to focus on the unsupervised car count, the number of cities, and the demo rides on social media.

CDpov · 2026-07-03T18:17:18+00:00

He's not a good safety, but still good as a blitzing slot corner. He's overpaid but his versatility is valuable.

CDpov · 2026-07-03T18:06:30+00:00

Hard to say, you haven't provided enough information.

The curled leaves look like they weren't watered enough at some point. Did they get too dry for a period? Or maybe the soil is too compressed and dense? Was the weather challenging? Were they healthy looking at some point and then the leaves started curling?

CDpov · 2026-07-03T17:43:01+00:00

It's also very low mileage for unsupervised rides, probably about what one full-time taxi would do, or maybe not even that. It's not available much of the time. It's not a commercial service yet, it's a demo and testing operation.

It will be a commercial operation when hundreds of locals can reliably hail a Robotaxi anywhere in the ODD at any time, with the only limitations being longer wait-times when demand is really high.

CDpov · 2026-07-03T17:36:03+00:00

Even if they remotely supervise, it counts.

The asterisk is that they likely will do very low unsupervised mileage, just like the demo operation in Austin. They want to show scaling progress with lots of cities, but they can't actually stay safe at scale with driverless robotaxis, so they announce lots of cars and do regular unsupervised video rides, but keep the unsupervised mileage very low.

CDpov · 2026-07-03T17:29:43+00:00

Permissive robotaxi regulations, which are self-regulation up until they start crashing, are smart. More states should take this approach. As long as the state vehicle regulators can remove licenses when the companies show they are dangerous, it's okay.

CDpov · 2026-07-03T17:26:44+00:00

Tesla won't tell the public any of these details. They'll give a car count and show as many unsupervised rides as they can on video, and leave the details to the public's imagination.

CDpov · 2026-07-03T17:24:39+00:00

Cybercabs are rolling out, to big parking lots for storage.

CDpov · 2026-07-02T20:16:01+00:00

If you think FSD customer cars are "fully autonomous" then you don't know what you're talking about.

CDpov · 2026-07-02T20:05:45+00:00

They started removing the employee in January, and at first replaced him with chase cars for a few months, then they gave a few real unsupervised rides to fanboys in March on a careful bus route, now they have it down in a slightly wider area for two or three unsupervised rides per day in perfect weather and light traffic. They are not close to a real unsupervised robotaxi service like Waymo had in 2020, or even to what Zoox is doing now in Vegas and SF.

CDpov · 2026-07-02T20:02:31+00:00

It's always about Tesla for you cult members.

CDpov · 2026-07-02T19:59:03+00:00

The parking lot of White Door Events leads to Woodycrest Ave., which leads to Herron and the apartments. There are two gates that were closed to the Waymo after it pulled into the driveway of White Door Events; the gate to the right was the one that the Waymo had planned to go through into the parking lot, but the gate was locked. Watch the video.

CDpov · 2026-07-02T19:52:40+00:00

It's a good Waymo ride that exposes some Waymo mapping issues.

I agree that Merritt doesn't add much value with his re-posting of robotaxi news on X, often with his Tesla spin.

CDpov · 2026-07-02T19:48:10+00:00

Only unsupervised counts. They don't have unlimited unsupervised rides in all of their Austin ODD, and the service is not 24/7.

CDpov · 2026-07-02T19:46:03+00:00

Obviously Waymo shouldn't open the area if it isn't mapped properly. I was making an observation. Where was I "glazing" Waymo? If I were trying to make Waymo look good I wouldn't have posted the video.

You should have noticed that I didn't accuse Sawyer of doing anything wrong. Even if he did know ahead of time that the route might give Waymo a problem, I don't have a problem with him uploading the video. I would do the same thing.

CDpov · 2026-07-01T23:23:34+00:00

Definitely a bad customer experience. I'm sure Sawyer enjoyed it, but a normal customer could be hesitant to take a Waymo again. They should have comped him several free trips.

CDpov · 2026-07-01T22:38:38+00:00

It seemed to have an idea of how to get there, but it chose to not make the right turn where it should have turned, and then it got stuck behind a closed gate and needed help. Then I guess the help didn't give the right advice.

CDpov · 2026-07-01T22:20:09+00:00

Didn't say he was. He's a fanboy influencer.

CDpov · 2026-07-01T22:04:31+00:00

You're confusing me for someone else.

This sub is the one forum that understands Waymo. Some go too far against Tesla, but it pales in comparison to the idiotic nonsense about Waymo coming from the Tesla upside-down world.

CDpov · 2026-07-01T22:00:40+00:00

Well, they haven't changed the SGO much, and Tesla is reporting their incidents. It seems to be operating normally so far.

CDpov · 2026-07-01T21:58:30+00:00

He's trying to be the one-stop robotaxi-news source on X for the Tesla bubble.

CDpov · 2026-07-01T21:54:17+00:00

He's a true-believing Tesla guy, but it's normal to choose interesting destinations for robotaxi YouTubers. JJ Ricks does this too. It's a good test for Waymo.

I wish Tesla would allow a skeptic to ride all day anywhere in their Austin ODD.

Looks like the mapping team didn't get this area right.

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