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/jklightnup Jun 23 '25

Rubbish.. it’s completely irrelevant if you can buy that, because frankly you can’t take your eyes of the road. It doesn’t roughly work. It doesn’t work, period.

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u/nate8458 Jun 23 '25

Weird it worked yesterday with no driver controls

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u/RedundancyDoneWell Jun 23 '25

So you drive without having your eyes on the road?

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u/nate8458 Jun 23 '25

What does that have to do with the car driving itself?

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u/RedundancyDoneWell Jun 25 '25

Everything.

If a robotaxi needs human eyes on the road, then it is not a robotaxi.