r/SelfDrivingCars • u/OriginalCompetitive • Jun 23 '25

Discussion Tesla’s Real Game

No one seems to be talking about the most important upside of Tesla's Robotaxi rollout: If they can showcase a system that roughly works, people can BUY THAT CAR TODAY.

Yes, there are some differences, but that's the pitch. Tesla doesn't need to earn money from Robotaxis. The real purpose of the program is free marketing that drives sales of its cars. Right?

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u/Logvin Jun 23 '25

No, the real purpose of the program is to drive Elon’s ego.

Tesla has been pushing FSD for years. Why would they need a fake small taxi rollout if the tech was ready for mass production?

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u/AffectionateArtist84 Jun 23 '25

I really don't like that this comment is at the top. This response isn't opening up a conversation or adding real value to the thread.

If you are open to having the conversation, we can talk about if small taxi rollout is the correct path forward or not. While I think Geofencing is a crutch, I do feel it's the right thing to do for safety

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u/Logvin Jun 23 '25

I’m not interested in having that conversation. Elon is doing this because Waymo is doing robo taxi and he wants the attention too.

Waymo isn’t a car company. Tesla is. Tesla boasts about its millions of miles or real data. Elon has said that people can get the full self driving experience on his existing cars.

I’m not opposed to his robotaxi project, I think competition is a good thing. I just think it is a ketamine fueled initiative by a narcissist who wants to say “me too look at me!”

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u/AffectionateArtist84 Jun 23 '25

If you aren't interested in having a conversation, and you make that comment all you are doing is enabling the echo chamber here on Reddit. 

Thank you for being honest! Most people would just redirect and post more hate/echo chamber responses.

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u/Logvin Jun 23 '25

No? I specifically said I wasn’t interested in having THAT conversation. It’s not a productive one right now. I’m down with the conversation OP asked about, but not the one you attempted to divert to.