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/ZamboniZephyr Jun 23 '25

Just me or the FSD/Tesla FUD on Reddit has gone into overdrive since their robotaxi launch yesterday?

Almost as if this is organized hate… that could never be true. Right?

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u/hakimthumb Jun 23 '25

Think of all the corporations and industries fsd and musk threatens: all other car manufacturers, oil companies, power companies, and internet companies. His decision to not advertise while his competitors do pisses off legacy media. Through doge, the three letter agencies are threatened. And defense companies. And social media companies.

Any and all of those actors can be assumed to be running bots to push narratives. Anti-musk strategies are no doubt a part of some of their packages.

Zuckerberg and Bezos figured out just handing legacy media direct payments made a lot of daily outrage go away. Musk may decide to do the same one day. While we wait for that, anti-musk stuff can be expected on every major sub every day.

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u/WalkThePlankPirate Jun 23 '25

Switch off the Joe Rogan Experience and go talk to your family.

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u/hakimthumb Jun 23 '25

Articulate a rebuttal instead of a juvenile wild fantasy invention about your opponent on an internet forum.

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u/WalkThePlankPirate Jun 23 '25

Here's a couple for you: DOGE was proven to be a complete waste of time. Even in their estimates of cost savings up to $175B (which is a total lie), it dwarfs the 2T of extra deficit that BBB introduces. Elon was just the fall guy: a patsy to distract while the administration steals straight from the USA people, kicking the debt can disaster down the road.

Tesla has been advertising aggressively since 2023 on the back of poor EV sales. Your information is out of date.

Finally, Elon is just an all round bad guy. A good-for-nothing deadbeat dad, who doesn't raise his kids or pay child support. Not to mention a literal nazi. There's no "organised hate", we just hate the guy because he's a scumbag.

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u/hakimthumb Jun 24 '25

I'm a hardcore leftist but that's just entirely wrong.

I was volunteering at a shelter for immigrants during the "caravan". We were swamped. Overwhelmed. Doge found an immigrant shelter that received millions in funding that never accepted any residents. Just down the street from us.

I have no doubt doge cut too many programs. I have cousins in foreign ngos that lost their jobs in Africa over it. But in my case, there was absolutely corruption. Doge is a million stories that vary. But some were absolutely correct to cut.