Manufacturer of electric cars Tesla started on Sunday with the long -announced start of taxis without a driver in the streets of the city of Austin in the US state of Texas. The first test pilots have already been seen.
Tesla -Baas Elon Musk wrote on the Platform X, the “Robotaxi Start” started traveling for a package costs of $ 4.20. The first Teslas then started on Sunday morning in fifteen minutes called South Congress.
There was no driver at the wheel, but a person in the passenger seat. Tesla is planning to use around ten vehicles with passengers driving as “security guides”. How much control you have about the cars is unclear.
Musk said that Tesla will be “super paranoid” when it comes to launching in terms of security. The cars of the Tesla typos model Y are only allowed to drive in areas that Tesla considers particularly safe. Tesla also wants to avoid bad weather and difficult crossings and do not promote people under the age of 18.
Is security stored?
In the still young industry, Tesla deviates from the usual practice to rely on different technologies for road recognition and only uses cameras. According to Musk, this is safe and much cheaper than Lidar and Radar systems used by competitors.
Shortly before the start, the government of Texas issued regulations for autonomous vehicles. The Republican Governor Greg Abbott signed a law on Friday that prescribes a state approval for the operation of self -compelling vehicles. The law will only take effect on 1 September, but indicates that a careful procedure is required. The law avoids the earlier attitude of the state. A 2017 law explicitly forbade cities to regulate self -advancing cars.
Legislative requirements are not difficult to meet
The law now stipulates that autonomous vehicles operators should be approved before they can drive on public roads without human drivers. The authorities also give the authorities to withdraw permits if they believe that a vehicle without a director jeopardizes the public. In addition, companies need information to provide information about how police and rescue employees can process the vehicle in emergency situations without a director. However, the requirements of the law are not difficult to meet. Compliance is also easier than in some other states, such as California, where an extensive transfer of vehicle test data is required under the supervision of the state.
Many experts believe that a very large part of the high assessment of Tesla is based on the stock market that investors assume that Tesla can deliver robotaxis and humanoid robots. Tesla is currently worth a trillion dollar on the stock exchange and so far the most valuable car manufacturer in the world. For comparison: BMW, for example, is assessed at around 40 billion euros.
Source: Krone
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