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I was under the impression (admittedly from an article I read a couple of years ago) that the consensus within the company was pretty much always that robo-taxis were one man’s pipe dream.

Weren’t there also disclosure documents a couple of years ago when they were trying to license autopilot that said they believed internally they were at level 2 as opposed to 4/5? (I might be remembering this part wrong)

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> I was under the impression (admittedly from an article I read a couple of years ago) that the consensus within the company was pretty much always that robo-taxis were one man’s pipe dream.

If robo-taxis were ready with the kind of economics outlined by Musk it would be financially irresponsible to actually sell the cars to others instead of just building a massive Tesla fleet and pivoting towards transportation services.

Tesla's still selling their cars? If so, then they're not robo-taxis.

Edit: The other option for Tesla would be selling the cars for a high enough premium to offset the lost taxi revenue. The fact that Tesla seems to be in a price war with other EV makers is not a promising sign for robo-taxis.

Everyone knows they’re at level 2. Level 4/5 is completely hands off, no supervision.

Not even their Supervised Full Self Driving does that

Do I taxis certainly aren’t just one man’s dream. Whether not not they are possible in the next 50 years is another matter, but plenty of people want them and are willing to invest in developing them.

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