Bumbling Cybercab Gets Trapped in Hotel Parking Lot, Drops off Passenger Right Where He Started
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An Austin man tried to have his ride whisk him away from his hotel in style, but his Tesla Cybercab encounter went awry. The high-tech robotaxi, touted as Elon Musk's self-driving, steering-wheel free model, failed to negotiate a blocked lane within the hotel parking lot. The man, a computer engineer, posted footage on X, revealing that the gleaming gold Cybercab kept driving back and forth four times before declaring that he had arrived.
The man declared, "Not a great first experience! Clearly this technology is nowhere close to being ready for large scale deployment." The Cybercab had arrived in Austin earlier this month after years of anticipation, representing Tesla's first purpose-built robotaxi. While the technology still lacks driver controls like a steering wheel and pedals, its performance levels haven't matched investor expectations.
Despite the incident, Tesla’s robotaxi service hasn't faced any major accidents yet. However, the company is under investigation by federal regulators for self-certifying the safety of these vehicles even with their lack of conventional controls.
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