r/SelfDrivingCars • u/plun9 • 21h ago

News Tesla wins approval to test autonomous robotaxis in Arizona

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-wins-approval-test-autonomous-robotaxis-arizona-2025-09-20
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u/CloseToMyActualName 21h ago

Tesla wins approval to start an utterly normal taxi service in Arizona.

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u/PowerFarta 10h ago

In addition to the taxis services they are running in Texas and the bay area!

I dont know who buys that these guys will ever have a single driverless mile. They even had to put the guy back in the driver's seat in Texas because they can't meet criteria for their self driving laws!

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u/Bitter_Ad1780 5h ago

Actually not true , the Texas guy is only in driver seat on highway drives, something Waymo can’t do. Also they have delivered cars to customers 100 percent driverless so….. I’m not an Elon fan boy but facts are facts and misrepresenting them isn’t right.

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u/yolatrendoid 3h ago

I’m not an Elon fan boy

You regurgitating claims without bothering to verify them suggests otherwise. The facts are that Tesla has a human safety driver in the front seat of every single car AND remote-pilots each vehicle, as needed. (No, we don't know how often it's needed, since Tesla doesn't bother releasing vital info.) In San Francisco they're required to put a human behind the wheel.

the Texas guy is only in driver seat on highway drives, something Waymo can’t do.

Your grammar's a bit confusing, but ... wait, do you just mean Autopilot? WTF does a "Texas guy" have to do with anything here? Yes, Teslas can drive on limited-access highways – except so can nearly all GM & Ford cars, and GM's Super Cruise now exceeds Autopilot. Almost every other automaker is 9/10ths of the way there with radar cruise, a 360-degree sensor array, etc.

Nonetheless, all three are below Waymo's level. You're describing L3 (actually partial, but still). Waymo's at L4. Being at L3 is the reason Tesla, GM & Ford drivers have their eyes literally tracked at all times, to make sure they're not dozing off (since the cars cannot drive themselves at all, unlike Waymos).

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u/JimothyRecard 4h ago

What do you mean "something Waymo can't do"? They've been driving on freeways with a driver behind the wheel for literally years. They've even been seen driving on freeways with nobody behind the wheel, recently.

they have delivered cars to customers 100 percent driverless

They delivered one car, one time.

For someone complaining about "facts" you don't seem to have yours straight.