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Analysts say Tesla's core business is worth far less than the company's $1 trillion market cap, leading to some tough questions.

Experts Say the Actual Value of Tesla’s Stock Is a Ticking Time Bomb

By Victor Tangermann

Unable to accept that Elon Musk's robotaxi service is a dud, Tesla fanboys are insisting that Polymarket let them win the bet anyway.

Tesla Bros Are Begging Polymarket to Change the Rules So Elon Musk’s Disastrous Robotaxi Launch Doesn’t Lose Them a Ton of Money

By Frank Landymore

Tesla reported it had delivered just 384,000 vehicles between April and June, a massive drop from 444,000 vehicles last year.

Tesla Gets Dismal Sales News After Disastrous Robotaxi Launch

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk fans flocked to Polymarket to bet that Tesla would launch a driverless Robotaxi service by the end of June.

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Tesla Bros Who Bet on Polymarket That Tesla Would Successfully Launch Full Self-Driving by July Are Now Screwed

By Frank Landymore

A Tesla drove itself from the dealership to a buyer's house -- which is pretty cool, except for a serious road safety flub.

First Tesla Drives Autonomously From Dealer to Buyer’s House, Ends in Embarrassing Flub

By Frank Landymore

A Tesla "safety monitor" allegedly had to completely take over and drive a robotaxi after it got stuck in a parking lot.

Tesla Robotaxi Safety Monitor Forced to Clamber Into Driver’s Seat and Take Over, Passenger Says

By Frank Landymore

A Tesla "safety monitor" was forced to intervene to stop a robotaxi from rear ending a truck attempting to park.

Video Shows Tesla “Safety Monitor” Hitting Panic Button as Robotaxi Becomes Confused on Public Road

By Frank Landymore

Footage from inside the cabin shows a Tesla Robotaxi suddenly veer side to side while driving through an intersection.

Tesla Robotaxi Terrifyingly Jerks Wheel Back and Forth While Carrying Passenger

By Frank Landymore

With its robotaxi launch supposedly right around the corner, Tesla just admitted a huge caveat with its self-driving cars.

Tesla Just Admitted Something Wildly Embarrassing About What’ll Be in the Front Seat of All Its Robotaxis

By Frank Landymore

The launch date for Tesla's long-awaited robotaxi service in Austin, Texas continues to slip, raising embarrassing questions for the company.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Old Video Shows Elon Musk Saying That What Tesla’s Launching This Month Wouldn’t Count as Full Self-Driving

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk provided a later launch date than reports suggested, revealing that he's "super paranoid about safety."

Tesla’s Robotaxi Launch Date Was Supposed to Be Today, But We’re Shocked to Hear That It’s Been Pushed Back

By Frank Landymore

Waymo is hiring a "public affairs specialist" after becoming an unwitting participant in Los Angeles' anti-immigration raid protests.

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Waymo Hiring For a “Public Affairs Specialist” in Los Angeles While People Are Settings Its Cars on Fire

By Noor Al-Sibai

We've finally gotten a glimpse of a Tesla robotaxi in action, and it ain't exactly the most shocking thing in the world.

You Are Completely Unprepared for What Tesla’s Robotaxi Actually Looks Like

By Frank Landymore

Tesla is reportedly woefully behind schedule and hasn't even started testing its autonomous vehicles without a safety driver as of April.

Tesla Is Seriously Struggling With Its Robotaxi Service

By Victor Tangermann

While it was stopped at a red light, a crowd of over a dozen people set upon a Waymo robotaxi and badly vandalized it.

Advanced Transport

Furious Crowd Tears Waymo Robotaxi Limb From Limb

By Frank Landymore

A new video shows a driverless Waymo robotaxi struggling to decipher the hand signals of a construction worker.

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Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Flummoxed by Construction Worker’s Hand Signals

By Victor Tangermann

A man had the misfortune of becoming trapped inside a driverless Waymo taxi, which drove in circles instead of to the airport.

Advanced Transport

Man Trying to Catch Flight Alarmed as His Driverless Waymo Gets Stuck Driving in Loop Around Parking Lot

By Victor Tangermann

A video appears to show the future of transportation: a Waymo robotaxi smashing into a Serve Robotics delivery robot.

Self-Driving Waymo Cab Smashes Into Delivery Robot

By Frank Landymore

A video shows an aimless Waymo robotaxi repeatedly circling around a roundabout, seemingly unable to figure out how to escape.

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Hilarious Video Shows Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Stuck in Roundabout

By Frank Landymore

Tesla is hiring engineers to design software that a team of human technicians can use to remotely drive its robotaxis.

Self-Driving Vehicles

As Tesla Struggles to Make Self-Driving Work, It’s Hiring a Team to Remote-Control Its Robotaxis

By Frank Landymore

A study conducted by Forbes found that Waymo robotaxi rides still considerably lag behind what's offered by ridesharing services like Uber.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Study Finds Self-Driving Waymos Are More Expensive Than Taxis, Take Twice as Long to Get to Destination

By Frank Landymore

In San Francisco, a new viral video shows that Waymo's robotaxis are once again causing way-mo problems than expected.

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Group of Waymos Get Confused, Clog Up San Francisco Street

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla is yet again in hot water with regulators over its decision to rely exclusively on cameras for its "Full Self-Driving" feature.

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Elon Musk May Have Made a Huge Mistake on Full Self-Driving That It’s Too Late to Correct

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla has been secretly testing out fully autonomous robotaxis in the Bay Area for several months, CEO Elon Musk revealed.

Tesla Has Secretly Been Testing Robotaxis

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has seemingly given up on an affordable personal vehicle, calling the idea "silly" and "pointless."

Elon Musk Mocks Idea of an Affordable $25,000 Tesla

By Victor Tangermann

While Tesla saw its shares take a nosedive following its robotaxi event, the lackluster showing did hand a nice stock boost to Uber and Lyft.

Tesla’s Disappointing Robotaxi Event Sent Shares of Uber and Lyft Soaring

By Frank Landymore

Tesla shares fell by up to 8.5 percent after markets opened Friday morning, following a disappointing showing at its Robotaxi event.

Tesla Shares Plummet Following Elon Musk’s “Disappointing” Robotaxi Event

By Frank Landymore

Many Wall Street analysts aren't feeling too optimistic about Tesla's prospects ahead of its "Robotaxi" event this week.

Wall Street Not Buying Elon Musk’s Big Promises Ahead of Tesla’s “Most Hyped” Event in Years

By Frank Landymore

Tesla chief information officer Nagesh Saldi is now leaving the company less than a week before it's supposed to unveil its robotaxi.

Top Tesla Exec Abandons Ship Just Days Before Major “Robotaxi” Event

By Frank Landymore

A Tesla bull warned that next week's "robotaxi" event will be "light on details," despite unveiling not just one but three vehicles.

Tesla Won’t Have Much to Show at “Light on Details” Robotaxi Event, Analyst Warns

By Victor Tangermann

A woman who was riding a Waymo robotaxi in San Francisco says a man stood in front of the taxi to stop it, repeatedly demanding her number.

Advanced Transport

Horrifying Video Shows Fedora-Wearing Creep Trapping Woman in Robotaxi to Harass Her

By Frank Landymore

Researchers at the independent firm AMCI Testing found that Full Self-Driving required human intervention at an alarmingly high rate.

Independent Testers Disturbed by Results When They Drive Tesla FSD for 1,000 Miles

By Frank Landymore

This bizarre looking, two-door car spotted in L.A. might be a Tesla robotaxi, though there's more than meets the eye.

Photo of Strange Yellow Vehicle May Be Tesla’s Secret New Project

By Frank Landymore

Those self-driving, supposedly fully-autonomous robotaxis aren't all what they appear to be. Humans, it turns out, are still in the loop.

Self-Driving Vehicles

“Self-Driving” Cars Have a Dirty Secret

By Frank Landymore

Uber drivers are anxiously awaiting a future in which robotaxis could make their jobs obsolete, as The Register reports.

Advanced Transport

Uber Drivers Say They’re Doomed in the Face of Robotaxis

By Victor Tangermann

With billions of dollars in expenditures, Waymo is still not profitable, despite giving its impressive tally of paid rides per week.

Advanced Transport

Waymo Giving 100,000 Robotaxi Rides Per Week But Not Making Any Money

By Frank Landymore

Footage shows a gaggle of Waymo robotaxis honking incessantly while trying to park in a tight parking lot in San Francisco.

Advanced Transport

Confused Robotaxis Gather in Droves to Honk at Each Other All Night

By Frank Landymore

As Bloomberg reports, a fleet of Baidu robotaxis is triggering traffic jams in the city of Wuhan, frustrating residents.

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China Flooded With Robotaxis Causing Traffic Jams

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk thinks robotaxis are the future of Tesla, but the tech is likely many years away from being perfected, let alone being profitable.

Elon Musk’s Obsession With Robotaxis Could Doom Tesla

By Frank Landymore

Waymo is seeking thousands of dollars in damages from two people that it claims deliberately trashed it driverless taxis.

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Waymo Suing People Who Allegedly Trashed Its Robotaxis

By Frank Landymore

A video shows a police officer in Phoenix, Arizona pulling over a self-driving vehicle after it drove down a busy road in the opposing lane.

Advanced Transport

Police Pull Over Car for Driving on Wrong Side of Road, Startled to Discover It Has No Driver

By Victor Tangermann

A video shared by Indian startup Swaayatt Robots shows an adventurous self-driving SUV navigating the hectic streets of Bhopal, India.

Self-Driving Vehicles

To Experience Pure Anxiety, Watch This Video of a Self-Driving Car Navigating India’s Chaotic Traffic

By Victor Tangermann

A video making its rounds on social media shows a self-driving Waymo car bombing down the wrong side of the road in downtown San Francisco.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Self-Driving Waymo Spotted Plowing Down Wrong Side of Street

By Victor Tangermann

While Tesla has already garnered a reputation for less-than-stellar customer service, the situation is getting worse given the layoffs.

Fired Tesla Workers Say Elon Musk Is in Big Trouble Without Them

By Victor Tangermann

As NBC reports, not a single agency that regulates robotaxis in the US has yet to hear from Tesla about any impending driverless services.

There’s Something Very Suspicious About Tesla’s Big Robotaxi Announcement

By Victor Tangermann

A man was arrested after attempting — and immediately failing — to steal one of its self-driving cars in downtown Los Angeles.

Self-Driving Vehicles

Thief Confounded When Trying to Steal Self-Driving Taxi

By Victor Tangermann

General Motors has lost billions of dollars on Cruise, which has received intense scrutiny from state and federal regulators this year.

Advanced Transport

General Motors to Slash Spending on Robotaxis After Disastrous Year

By Frank Landymore

Cruise, the company behind those driverless taxis, is taking its entire fleet offline — including the ones that have "safety drivers."

Advanced Transport

Cruise Is Taking All of Its Robotaxis Off the Streets, Even the Ones With “Safety Drivers”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Documents obtained by The Intercept reveal how Cruise failed to meet its own safety standards for driving around kids.

Advanced Transport

Cruise Reportedly Knew Its Robotaxis Struggled to Notice Children and Kept Them on the Road Anyway

By Frank Landymore

Cruise made the decision following a federal investigation into the company and the loss of its permit to operate its service in California.

Advanced Transport

Cruise Pauses All Driverless Operations, Saying It’s Taking a “Hard Look Inwards”

By Frank Landymore

The California DMV has officially yanked Cruise's robotaxi permit "effective immediately" following a terrifying hit-and-run.

Advanced Transport

California Just Yanked Cruise’s Robotaxi Permit After a Bizarre Incident

By Victor Tangermann

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating the GM division for reports of its robotaxis hitting pedestrians.

Advanced Transport

Cruise Robotaxis Under Federal Investigation for Endangering Pedestrians

By Frank Landymore