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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/40804688

Tesla uberbulls often like to say that Tesla is the leader in self-driving because while it doesn’t have a commercially available autonomous ride-hailing service like Waymo, it doesn’t rely on geo-fencing and mapping like Waymo.

They argue that if Tesla wanted to do that it could, but it prefers to focus on an autonomous system that could drive anywhere, anytime, without mapping.

However, it is questionable that they could do it if they wanted to because they still haven’t done it on a project much simpler than Waymo’s operations in Pheonix and other cities: the tunnels under Las Vegas.

The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop is The Boring Company’s first full-scale loop project currently in commercial use.

Elon Musk’s tunneling start-up completed the $50 million project in just over a year.

A Boring Company Loop system consists of tunnels in which Tesla electric vehicles travel at high speeds between stations to transport people within a city. The Boring Company said that it was working with Tesla to use its self-driving system inside those tunnels, which would enables to get rid of the current drivers and lower the cost of operation.

However, 2 years and several more tunnels connected to the Loop later, The Boring Company is still using drivers in the tunnels.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Just say you tried and make an electric passenger train. Thats literally better than this stupid clusterfuck

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A simple underground train would be fantastic, but this whole project exists just to prevent mass public transportation efforts. Which, the people of California should sue for.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Then let's go fuck it up. Thats what the people need to start doing to these loons sticking their dicks in our taxes.