Brad Templeton
@bradtem.bsky.social
Self-driving and future of transportation, EFF Chair Emeritus, Founder of earliest dot-com, Founding faculty Singularity University, Sr. Contributor Forbes.com, Blog ideas.4brad.com
The law was meant to regulate the testing of vehicles that would eventually self-drive, and Uber knew that. It exempted ADAS vehicles. Both Uber ATG's vehicles and Tesla's robotaxis (and indeed their "full self driving beta") vehicles are intended to eventually self-drive.
August 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The law was meant to regulate the testing of vehicles that would eventually self-drive, and Uber knew that. It exempted ADAS vehicles. Both Uber ATG's vehicles and Tesla's robotaxis (and indeed their "full self driving beta") vehicles are intended to eventually self-drive.
Didn't catch that, so did they in fact take passengers or just act as though they might? However, not sure it matters a lot. Tesla is certainly taking passengers in their test cars, testing a system named robotaxi, clearly a self-driving prototype.
August 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Didn't catch that, so did they in fact take passengers or just act as though they might? However, not sure it matters a lot. Tesla is certainly taking passengers in their test cars, testing a system named robotaxi, clearly a self-driving prototype.