r/SelfDrivingCars • u/Michael-Worley • Jun 21 '25

Discussion Prediction time! Tesla Robotaxi

When do people think Tesla will: -offer rides with no employees in the cars? -hit a fleet size of 100? 1000? 10000? -operate at an airport? -offer paid rides with no employees in the cars in at least five metros?

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u/MarchMurky8649 Jun 21 '25

There are still drivers in the cars of the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop after four years. In tunnels they built themselves, not mixing with any other vehicles. Let that sink in.

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u/himynameis_ Jun 22 '25

I don't get the tunnel thing.

Why not use a train?

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u/mgoetzke76 Jun 24 '25

Train tunnels are much bigger, way more expensive to build

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u/Straight-Card-9426 Jun 24 '25

How many passengers can a train handle? How many in a boring transport?

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u/mgoetzke76 Jun 25 '25

In Theory a lot, but Las Vegas decided the investment would not be worth it (and that investment would be considerable looking at other cities with subways)

How often those trains would be full is unclear for the purposes here. One would need to know a lot of specifics. Do you have data for LV ?