{"id":117740,"date":"2025-08-04T08:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/117740\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T08:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:33:12","slug":"tesla-wants-to-bring-its-robotaxis-to-new-york-good-luck-with-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/117740\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Wants To Bring Its Robotaxis To New York. Good Luck With That"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Tesla is continuing its Robotaxi expansion just days after opening up human-driven rides in California.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The automaker has listed job postings for vehicle operators in cities across America.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>One of the next cities on Tesla&#8217;s map is Brooklyn, which could be particularly tricky given New York City&#8217;s &#8220;good luck!&#8221; approach to traffic.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Just weeks after its initial launch and days after it expanded into California, Tesla&#8217;s Robotaxi service is already eyeing up plans for expansion by hiring more &#8220;vehicle operators&#8221; in cities across the U.S.\u00a0And one of the next stops on its radar is New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a number of job listings on Tesla&#8217;s website, the world has a look at exactly where Tesla is looking to open up shop for its Robotaxi program. Specifically, it&#8217;s looking to Brooklyn, land of the double-parked delivery vans, eBikes, red-light runners and just general chaos that wreaks havoc on even the most seasoned drivers\u2014and pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So far, the California launch is Tesla&#8217;s version of a Yellow Taxi (or Uber, take your pick), except the drivers in the front seat are just kind of letting FSD do its thing and intervening when needed. That&#8217;s because while <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/753966\/tesla-ride-hailing-permit-california\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22753966%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22tesla-ride-hailing-permit-california%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tesla does have a ride-hailing permit in the state<\/a>, it <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/767585\/tesla-robotaxi-san-francisco-safety-driver\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22767585%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22tesla-robotaxi-san-francisco-safety-driver%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lacks the permits it needs to operate its fleet of cars autonomously<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla still seems determined to go toe-to-toe with Waymo, a company with an actual autonomous vehicle on the road today. That means taking the typical Tesla approach: launch first, solve the problem later.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s wild is that Waymo took years to inch its way across the U.S. Even today, it only operates in a limited number of suburbs across the country. But Tesla is looking at a map like it&#8217;s playing a game of Risk and Waymo is sitting across the table from it as if Williamsburg and Flatbush are just territories on the map.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Brooklyn, Tesla is also hiring vehicle operators in Arizona, Florida, Nevada, and Texas. You can find the exact cities listed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesla.com\/careers\/search\/?site=US&amp;query=vehicle%20operator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tesla&#8217;s career site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla and Waymo have been in a bit of a\u2014well, let&#8217;s just call it a <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/766124\/scout-car-dealerships-burdensome-restriction\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22766124%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22scout-car-dealerships-burdensome-restriction%22%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">service area measuring contest<\/a>\u2014or a few weeks. The all-electric automaker is determined to prove its worth by taking the typical tech mantra of &#8220;move fast and break things,&#8221; then applying it to self-driving cars. However, Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that it&#8217;s being &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1932591896939147494\">super paranoid<\/a>&#8221; about safety, which means that putting drivers in the front seat to avoid accidents is likely the best case scenario here.<\/p>\n<p>And, let&#8217;s be honest, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/two-driverless-waymo-cars-collide-phoenix-sky-harbor-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">even seasoned pros like Waymo make mistakes<\/a>, which is why rushing things in what seems like an attempt to do battle against one another isn&#8217;t going to help the public image of autonomous cars.<\/p>\n<p>As for Brooklyn, well, let&#8217;s see how things go. Anyone who has driven in New York City knows firsthand how stressful driving can be, so putting a Tesla&#8217;s FSD software in assertive mode won&#8217;t be the end-all fix here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tesla is continuing its Robotaxi expansion just days after opening up human-driven rides in California. 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