Tesla and Waymo are battling head to head for the future of Robotaxi in Austin Texas.
Tesla has been operating for two weeks.
How do they compare on safety?
What will happen over the next few months in terms of expansion in service area and vehicles?
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Based on the data you provide in your article “Austin Robtaxi Traffic – June-July Waymo 12 Versus Tesla 1 Incident” if you run the numbers normalizing for number of cars, days of operation and coverage, Waymo is 5 times less prone to accidents than Tesla, even though Tesla has safety operators that are there to prevent accidents. You run with quite a sensationalist title “12 accidents vs 1” but you did not comment yourself on how these numbers show that Tesla robotaxi is actually less safe.
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