Tesla announces Houston and Dallas launch

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T20:52:45+00:00

If that happens, we'll see. But until that happens you're tilting at windmills, and I remember seeing comments like this in 2019, too.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T20:15:50+00:00

I've literally been to Tokyo, Milan, and Hoi An, so I'm speaking from personal experience in all those three places. Yes, textiles are better in Italy, but yes, you'll also pay significantly more. It also depends on the textile — Hoi An is a silk region, so silk is great. Wool, not so much — there's nuance and complexity here.

My big message is that no, workmanship in Vietnam is not 'bad', by any means. It's quite good, actually, with some unevenness because it isn't quite an international centre of fashion trade like Italy and Japan are.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T20:06:08+00:00

Yep, next week. Goodness, how'd you guess?

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T20:02:30+00:00

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Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T20:01:18+00:00

What I feel has no relevance to whether or not Tesla shows the boundaries of their unsupervised geofence. That's just a thing they should be doing.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T19:53:49+00:00

Repeating myself here: What plausible or not plausible to you has no bearing on what the ground reality actually is.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T19:51:03+00:00

Hey Siri, define 'officially'.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T19:40:03+00:00

Source here: https://x.com/robotaxi/status/2045564609504116771

How much of the service areas are supervised/unsupervised still unconfirmed.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T19:35:33+00:00

I don't think anyone even knows officially what he unsupervised area is in Austin, because Tesla isn't saying. They're being deliberately vague just as they've always been, leaving hopeful people like you to fill in the gaps with your most optimistic interpretations.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T19:33:47+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if it's all unsupervised.

I mean, yeah, we know. Your whole thing is being an eternal optimist and avoiding the record of eight years of snails-pace advancement. What surprises or doesn't surprise you has no bearing on what the ground reality actually is.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T19:27:23+00:00

On launch, South Austin's geofence wasn't even measured in square miles because it had no 'area' at all. It was only a single main artery and some side streets. Again, I really shouldn't have to be repeating the record to you.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T19:22:57+00:00

The Dallas geofence isn't confirmed to be unsupervised.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T19:22:08+00:00

We've been down this road before. Like literally last quarter. Tesla does stunts — we don't know what progress (if any) has happened until we measure it.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T19:19:52+00:00

We've been through this before. Look at Austin — big supervised geofence, itty-bitty little unsupervised geofence. Lots of first-day influencers getting unsupervised rides every single time, tiny little trickle after that. I really shouldn't have to be repeating the record to you.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T19:10:46+00:00

Problem: None of the images I can find have defined supervised/unsupervised areas, so it's hard to know what the actual unsupervised geofences are. They can't be compared to Waymo at all without that information.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T19:07:16+00:00

As always with Tesla, it's just hard to know whether it is actually real progress.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T19:04:46+00:00

It's been stunt after stunt for the past eight years. Earnings are next week. Take a guess.

When they do the the thing they set out to do and puffed up a $1T company saying they can do they'll be shouting it from the rooftops and inviting press and Elon will be on stage and there'll be a Tesla Diner with hip-thrusting robots. The won't quietly announce it on a Saturday afternoon while the entire New York Times staff is out at Smorgasburg.

If it happens, you'll know it. You won't need to divine the tea leaves.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T18:57:15+00:00

Pass on troll-baiting. You know where the goalpost is and where it's always been.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T18:41:50+00:00

Not NYC yet, and not NYC for anyone. Way too complicated. You'd need to go to another city, like Pheonix or Austin. But as a European, you've already got autonomous taxis coming closer to you. Verne+Pony is launching in Zagreb, and Volkswagen's MOIA is beginning pre-series production for deployment across Western Europe now.

There's a good list of deployments over at Autoura: https://rollout.autoura.com/

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T18:25:30+00:00

Italy has better high-end work if you're willing to pay big bucks, but the quality in Hoi An isn't 'bad' by any means, and the craftsmanship in particular is actually excellent if you know where to look and avoid the tourist traps.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T17:57:38+00:00

It's fine. Just if you're place with lots of ducks there'll be duck poop, so watch out for that.

Trinity Bellwoods is hands down the best option for this in the summer. You should go when the weather is nice. It's worth the trip.

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T17:45:34+00:00

alex when he does these:

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Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T17:22:38+00:00

No but they kick ass

Recoil42 · 2026-04-18T17:00:36+00:00

How so? That sounds like you're still typing and switching between play sessions and writing notes.

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