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Tesla Robotaxis Hit The Brakes At 11 P.M. Over One Unusual Nighttime Problem

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Tesla’s Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, is staying on the road an hour longer, but Elon Musk’s explanation for the limited schedule points to a problem that becomes harder to solve once daylight disappears. The autonomous service now runs until…

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Elon Musk has revealed an unusual technical hurdle for his Robotaxis: the recognition of pets at night.

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In Austin, Tesla robotaxis stop at 11 p.m., well before dawn, despite promises of 24-hour service. The cause, according to Elon Musk, is worrying "grey kittens" that point a blind corner of autonomous driving.

Elon Musk admitted that Tesla robotaxi drivers in Austin still have trouble spotting gray cats on dark asphalt at night, even though service hours are only until 11:00 PM. Robotaxi...

Putting self-contained cars on the road brings many challenges. Elon Musk says one of them has seven lives. Tesla CEO announced on Saturday that the company will extend the working hours of the robots in Austin from 22:00 to 23:00. He also said that his team has been trying to solve a rather snarky problem. The main thing we are trying to solve is to ensure that we do not run over pets when they are difficult to see at night. "Musk wrote in a pu…

Tesla Robotaxi: extended by one hour (up to 23) the operation of autonomous driving in Austin. But Elon Musk... L'articolo Tesla Robotaxi, the darkness remains a problem comes from Vaielettrico.

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