Brad Templeton

Ford’s Farley: “They Don’t Want Expensive EVs.” He Could Fix That // What if there's a new way to sell cars that makes the car cheaper and the energy more expensive, but always saves you money? : buff.ly/XE15pDe

Waymos Get Stuck In Phoenix Flood, How Could They Do Better? // It was no doubt scary when a flood came upon a Waymo in Phoenix last week and passengers had to walk through it to get out. Will this happen again? : buff.ly/7bxI5Mb

Tesla Robotaxi Reports 3 Crashes In Austin On July 1, Details Hidden // One of the crashes was with a static object with minor injuries and the Tesla towed away. And a 4th crash was not reported. This does not look good. : buff.ly/bST8H2X

Waymo To Test Serving SFO And Other Airports, Best Yet To Come // Robots are well behaved, and should be given the best pick-up/drop-off spots at the airport when the time comes : buff.ly/2XvcoMT

Waymo Involved, Apparently Not At Fault, In Motorcycle Fatality // The Waymo was slowing to turn right into a driveway occupied by pedestrians. A motorcycle behind it rear-ended it. Then it got much worse. : buff.ly/X2Pskhd

Zoox Goes Limited-Live With Las Vegas Robotaxis, SF To Come // Zoox is finally taking the public to destinations in Las Vegas, but the service is so limited it's not quite a robotaxi, but it's close. : buff.ly/8z7oJgn

Waymos Get Exclusive Access To SF Market St. — How About LAX Airport? // San Francisco has shifted its tune and realized that robotaxis can be an asset to traffic management. LAX should do the same in dealing with its congestion problems. : buff.ly/R5tYlFd

What Is The Robotaxi Vision That’s Worth Trillions? // Billions are being invested, but the potential return is far beyond just being a better Uber. Car replacement is where companies hope to make trillions : buff.ly/iRdz2rS

Robocar Startup “Tensor” Unveils Luxury Self-Drive Car For 2026 // The AutoX robotaxi company has evolved into a company developing a high end robocar for personal ownership. They say they will ship next year. : buff.ly/W8ADZFi

Ford’s New Truck Needs To Understand The EV Myths Permating Automaking // Ford promised a Model-T moment. Will they hit the right mix to sell the public? : buff.ly/TDOAcIp

The law was meant to regulate the testing of vehicles that would eventually self-drive, and Uber knew that. It exempted ADAS vehicles. Both Uber ATG's vehicles and Tesla's robotaxis (and indeed their "full self driving beta") vehicles are intended to eventually self-drive.

Didn't catch that, so did they in fact take passengers or just act as though they might? However, not sure it matters a lot. Tesla is certainly taking passengers in their test cars, testing a system named robotaxi, clearly a self-driving prototype.

Judging Tesla Robotaxi On What It Does, Rather Than What Musk Says // Musk and Tesla have no ability to judge and predict the progress of their system, so that makes it a challenge to judge them even by what they do : buff.ly/SziEmic

First Tesla Robotaxi Rides In California May Risk DMV Shutdown // Tesla is running their full robotaxi system from Austin in the Bay Area, with safety driver behind the Wheel. Uber got threatened for less, what will the DMV do? : buff.ly/JWwfvGf

Tesla Doesn’t Need Permits For Their CA “Robotaxi,” It May Come Today // Tesla doesn't have the permits to run an autonomous vehicle taxi in California, but probably nothing stops a driver-assist based taxi. : buff.ly/ikrFqdu

Tesla Robotaxis Only Go 20 Miles/Day. Meanwhile Where’s Mobileye? // Tesla reports only 7,000 robotaxi miles, and gets deeper with claims of Autopilot safety. Plus Lyft announces they'll offer autonomous shuttle rides next year : buff.ly/o7x9480

Nuro, Uber And Lucid Join Robotaxi Race. Will Luxury Be Key? // The three companies have inked a big deal with large investments, and it means Nuro's robotaxi will be based on an expensive car. How does cost factor in competition? : buff.ly/bcQFfJt

Andor: May the Force NOT be with it Andor. May the Force NOT be with it. You've heard it's the best Star Wars since the first two movies, and I would say it is. Why it is, is interesting, and it could have been so much more. It's final...

Andor: May the Force NOT be with it

Autonomy, Territory, Generality - The Ingredients Of A Real Robotaxi // What qualifies a service for being a real robocar or robotaxi? It starts with removing human supervisors, but there's more than that : buff.ly/mMaZpxQ

YouTube video by BradTem Robocars + Waymo vs. Tesla - who rules in Robotaxi?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHmd... - my video on the advantages and disadvantages of Tesla and Waymo in robotaxis

The Deep Story On The Waymo Vs Tesla Robotaxi Battle, With Video // It's the top debate in self-driving, is Waymo way or ahead, or is Tesla way ahead? Find out why people think these two opposites, and learn about how to answer : buff.ly/oIHoYxX

How Did Tesla Self-Deliver A New Car When Its Robotaxi Needs A Human? // Tesla's cars need human supervision to drive, so like all other companies, Tesla cherry picked a trip to make a demonstration of an autonomous delivery : buff.ly/TulFBfC

How Rational Is EV Fast Charging When Most Cars Are Parked All Day? // Almost all news and investment activity in EV charging is around this gasoline fill-up problem. : buff.ly/Xg2aHgA

An EV Roadtrip Shows The Value Of Hotel Charging And How To Price It // Using hotel charging can cut EV road trip prices and waits in half or more. But how will hotels price this service? : buff.ly/yWm4MOJ

Understanding Why Tesla Didn’t Launch Their Robotaxi This Week // Many think that because Tesla's in-car-supervisor is in the passenger seat that the car is "driverless," but it's not. Tesla promised the Moon and delivered suborbital : buff.ly/VbQJPGF

Safety Drivers, Remote Diving And Assist - The Long Tail Of Robotaxis // There's a lot of ways humans assist self-driving cars, including giving them advice or remotely driving them. Here's a look at the different approaches. : buff.ly/5uYZau2

Tesla Misses Robotaxi Launch Date, Goes With Safety Drivers // Tesla wanted to launch today, but in the end they will do the safe and right thing and like all others, test with human safety drivers on board. Here's why. : buff.ly/XfpTvhb

Would Buying A Private Cybercab Or Hiring Out Your Tesla Make Sense? // Tesla says you could buy a Cybercab or hire out your regular Tesla as a robotaxi and make big money from it. Since I first proposed that in 2008, many problems appeared. : buff.ly/vxIpgSP

Tesla Robotaxi Will Have ‘Lots Of Tele-Ops,’ Ie. Supervised FSD // Elon Musk promised the June Austin Robotaxi would operate "unsupervised." New disclosures suggest that won't happen, but what will? : buff.ly/nuorMRT

Waymo Issues ‘Recall’ On Robotaxis, But That’s The Wrong Word // The cars don't come home, they are owned by their maker, and it's all over-the-air software updates for all robotaxi recalls : buff.ly/AoDlTuR