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This ride-share and transportation company who’s name comes from the German word for “over” or “above”. But in German, the word is spelled with an umlaut.
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Tesla RoboTaxi
Tesla Robotaxi is a ride-hailing service operated by Tesla, Inc. that uses its vehicles equipped with its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software. You can download the App now on Apple and Android.
The service launched last year in Austin, Texas. It currently operates in Texas in Austin, Dallas and Houston, and in Miami, Florida. In 2024, Tesla unveiled the CyberCab, a 2-seater purpose-built vehicle. This week, I saw one in the wild. I was surprised to see a driver in it. But like Waymo when it first rolled out, San Francisco required a human “driver” as a safety precaution.
• No steering wheel
• 2-seater coup
• No rear window
• No side mirrors
• Inductive charging (park space auto-charge)
• ~297 mile chage range
Robotaxi was a software idea announced by Elon back in 2016. It was intended to allow Tesla car owners with FSD software to automatically “rent” out their cars when they weren’t driving them.
The Robottaxi and Cybercab have the potential to be yet another huge market disruption like Tesla cars were to Detroit. Or how Starlink is poised to disrupt internet and cell phone companies.
FINAL CLUE
This ride-share company was started by San Francisco tech executives Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick in 2010 when they couldn’t hail a cab during New Year’s Eve and were annoyed at the cost of hiring a limo.
Along with competitors like “Lyft”, they created the Ride-Share marketplace as a way around the municipal monopolies of the taxi and the limousine industry.
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