We’re getting the first videos of “select guests” getting access to Tesla’s Robotaxi service in Austin, and the level of polish leaves something to be desired. For instance, one gaggle of Tesla influencers was dropped off directly in an intersection, leading to these wooly screenshots. Suboptimal Parking Performance Something about using the “Drop Off Early” […]
It might be a feature to keep the car from being vandalized. Someone sees the car parked in an intersection and thinks “someone should scratch a penis into that a**hole’s car for parking there, oh looks like someone did already! Noize!” And there! Asset protected (until it drives itself into the wall while on FSD).
Someone graffitied it? Did it just stay there?
I think that’s actually the robotaxi “logo”. I’ve seen other promo pictures that say robotaxi on the front door
Elon actually can’t avoid making the absolute most cringe choice with anything, can he.
It might be a feature to keep the car from being vandalized. Someone sees the car parked in an intersection and thinks “someone should scratch a penis into that a**hole’s car for parking there, oh looks like someone did already! Noize!” And there! Asset protected (until it drives itself into the wall while on FSD).
Unfortunately it works the exact opposite way. It’s often called the “broken windows theory”, an effect that if there already is vandalism or disorder, it quickly becomes more. See for example: https://web.archive.org/web/20081202013436/http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12630201
It says robotaxi but all cool and shit because Tesla is cool and shit