ByBrad Templeton,
Senior Contributor.
Tesla self-driving and robotaxi were the prime targets of questions during Tesla’s third quarter earnings call. Here are some of the key details from a transcript.
It should be noted that Musk has routinely predicted unsupervised FSD was imminent for over 8 years, and has never made that deadline, but this 2 month deadline is one of the shortest they have announced. However, they have scaled it back to “parts of Austin” rather than something more general.
The new mile count data suggests the early report of only 7,000 miles in the Q2 earnings call may have only referred to June. 2,000 miles/day with a fleet of 10 cars is 200 miles/day, which is a reasonable number for a taxi service in an urban setting. At least 4 crashes are known (two with likely fault for Tesla) from July, which is a high number for 250,000 miles, and a very high number for 80,000 miles which would have been the number by July 31 at this pace.
