Tesla Cybercabs Hit Austin Streets in Expansion of Robotaxi Service

Also as a redundant connection so they don't have a meltdown like Waymo did when they lost cell signal.

> “In limited instances on Saturday night, the [robotaxi] Driver sought additional context,” the spokesperson wrote in an email. (The company refers to its cars’ autonomous driving systems as “Drivers.”) “However, the unprecedented scale of the power outage and its impact on local connectivity resulted in some delays to those confirmations.”

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