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Tesla's Own FSD Trainers Don't Trust the Tech They Built
A Reuters investigation reveals that 7 of 9 former Tesla data labelers who trained Full Self-Driving would not trust it to drive them, citing dangerous failures they observed firsthand. Eleven independent researchers found Tesla's safety statistics inflate FSD's safety record by up to 3x through flawed methodology — comparing airbag-deployment crashes against far less severe incidents.
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Tesla Robotaxi Fleet Dwarfed by Waymo: Just 42 Cars in Texas
Tesla has just 42 autonomous vehicles authorized for driverless ridehailing in Texas, less than one-tenth of Waymo's 577, according to new state DMV filings. The data, released as a new Texas AV oversight law took effect, reveals the gap between Tesla's robotaxi ambitions and its operational reality.