{"id":14072,"date":"2025-06-25T17:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/14072\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:31:10","slug":"heres-a-running-list-of-all-of-teslas-robotaxi-mishaps-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/14072\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s a running list of all of Tesla\u2019s robotaxi mishaps so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Tesla\u2019s robotaxi rollout has been rockier than the fanboys and influencers who got early access to the company\u2019s driverless vehicles would like you to believe. And thanks to these diligent Redditors, we now have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SelfDrivingCars\/comments\/1ljxd63\/list_of_clips_showing_teslas_robotaxi_incidents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a list of all the mistakes<\/a> the company\u2019s \u201cunsupervised\u201d vehicles have made in the first couple days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Several incidents involve \u201cphantom braking,\u201d in which the vehicle stops suddenly for seemingly no reason. Tesla\u2019s camera-only perception system has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/6\/3\/23153241\/tesla-phantom-braking-nhtsa-complaints-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long had problems with phantom braking<\/a>, appearing to misinterpret shadows, road marking, or other environmental factors, which triggers the vehicle\u2019s automatic emergency braking. The Reddit list includes three incidents of phantom braking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Here\u2019s the other incidents that have cropped up so far:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Tesla has said it\u2019s gathering feedback from riders on how to improve the robotaxi service. Some early riders posted their thoughts on X, but mostly around improving the app experience. (The app doesn\u2019t allow you to adjust your pickup location, nor does it let you drop a pin in the service area for a more precise drop-off.) Sawyer Merritt, an X user who posts pro-Tesla content, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SawyerMerritt\/status\/1937364529727299827\">said he didn\u2019t experience any problems<\/a> in his 20 rides over two days. \u201cNo interventions, no critical safety issues. All my rides were smooth and comfortable,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">But the above list suggests that not everyone\u2019s experience was so seamless. Also, the only way we know about any of these incidents is because robotaxi customers are documenting their rides and posting them on social media. Texas doesn\u2019t require any incident reporting or data sharing from Tesla \u2014 though the state did recently approve a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbtnews.com\/tesla-quietly-launches-robotaxi-service-in-austin-as-new-texas-regulations-loom\/#:~:text=The%20law%20also%20gives%20the,to%20meet%20state%20safety%20requirements.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new permitting system<\/a> that could prove to be more difficult for the company to navigate. One provision allows state regulators to revoke permits if a company\u2019s autonomous vehicles are deemed a safety risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Keep in mind, these are the incidents that cropped up among a small fleet of 10-20 vehicles in just three days of semi-public availability. Musk has said he wants thousands of vehicles on the road within months, and perhaps \u201ca million\u201d by the end of next year. Imagine what the list looks like at that point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tesla\u2019s robotaxi rollout has been rockier than the fanboys and influencers who got early access to the company\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8568,64,8569,50,7829,522,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-14072","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-autonomous-cars","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-electric-cars","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-tesla","13":"tag-transportation","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}