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Old Crank

(6,817 posts)
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 11:14 PM 19 hrs ago

Robo taxi may have a way to go before prime time.

I don't know if the very low speed bumps would be reported by a human driver. Which may skew the data.


Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month — 4x worse than humans

Fred Lambert

Tesla has reported five new crashes involving its “Robotaxi” fleet in Austin, Texas, bringing the total to 14 incidents since the service launched in June 2025. The newly filed NHTSA data also reveals that Tesla quietly upgraded one earlier crash to include a hospitalization injury, something the company never disclosed publicly.

The new data comes from the latest update to NHTSA’s Standing General Order (SGO) incident report database for automated driving systems (ADS). We have been tracking Tesla’s Robotaxi crash data closely, and the trend is not improving.


https://electrek.co/2026/02/17/tesla-robotaxi-adds-5-more-crashes-austin-month-4x-worse-than-humans/

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Robo taxi may have a way to go before prime time. (Original Post) Old Crank 19 hrs ago OP
Always crashing in the same car... WestMichRad 19 hrs ago #1
Robotaxis - an answer to a problem nobody had. flvegan 15 hrs ago #2

flvegan

(66,060 posts)
2. Robotaxis - an answer to a problem nobody had.
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 02:47 AM
15 hrs ago

Someone should tell that Musk guy "no" sometime. Might be liberating.

"4x worse than humans" is like "WOW, that's fucking terrible" levels of suck.

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