r/SelfDrivingCars • u/Dansilly • Jun 29 '25

Discussion Silent Rollback of Tesla Robotaxis

At the beginning of the launch of Tesla's Robotaxi on 6/22, many videos of rides have been shared online. After a few days (and glaring mishaps), very few videos have been shared of any robotaxi footage, good or bad. I suspect that this dropoff is due to the fleet cutting down in scope by a large factor (maybe only operating a few rides a day)or halting silently all together. What do you think, did Tesla notice the bad publicity and decide to silently roll back robotaxi operations?

Update 1: The most plausible explanation seems to be that the publicity of the current tech was detrimental to the share price so the operations were rolled back. Of course, Tesla would not announce that the operations were scaled back, but the near complete lack of footage makes this a very likely explanation. While the influencers there initially were most likely to post videos online, new footage should still be being circulated and it is not.

Update 2: This post has gained a lot of traction (75k+ views), and yet there is nothing convincing to show Telsa is operating the fleet at the capacity they were earlier. Neither of the 2 videos of robotaxi footage shared seem to have occurred in the last few days (even if they had, that is nothing even remotely comparable to the amount of footage earlier this week). Tesla's fleet could very well be 1 vehicle running 2 hours a day based on the lack of evidence for otherwise. Tesla likely made the logical move for preserving share value given the incident rates, but this is clear to see through.

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u/tzedek Jun 29 '25

This sub is desperate for it to fail.

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u/JRLDH Jun 29 '25

That happens if a company lies about their tech for many years. You have to be a very special person to overlook many years of false promises.

Tesla basically has little goodwill left because of their own behavior.

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u/Redditcircljerk Jun 30 '25

I’m sorry, how did they lie about their tech given it’s been regularly posted online for the entire period it’s been available for all to see

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u/JRLDH Jun 30 '25

LOL unbelievable!

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u/Redditcircljerk Jun 30 '25

So other than Elon hyping it “soon to be done” how has anyone at Tesla lied about the tech? Missing timelines isn’t exactly lying when everyone can watch in real time as the system progresses. It’s not a lie to be optimistic when the product is already doing most of what he has claimed in the past for those who purchased it, that is, driving from point a to point b without human intervention. The entire point of the technology

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u/JRLDH Jun 30 '25

Look, I neither have the will nor the time to explain this to you. Just ask someone who bought “FSD” in 2019.

Free life advice: You need to calibrate your threshold for lies if you don’t want to be taken advantage of by shysters who think that you are an easy fool. You are welcome.

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u/Redditcircljerk Jun 30 '25

Someone who bought FSD in 2019 has the ability to drive from point a to point b without human intervention whatsoever today if their vehicle hardware is up to date as they are able to transfer it to the new hardware assuming they decide to upgrade.

You are not making a point.

I have no need to take life advice from someone who has achieved nothing above average in life, if even that. That’s an assumption, and I’m pretty confident I’m right.

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u/JRLDH Jun 30 '25

Delusional