Tesla Can’t Even Make Full-Self Driving Work In A Tunnel It Built

Tesla Can’t Even Make Full-Self Driving Work In A Tunnel It Built

Tesla, the company that CEO Elon Musk claims will “solve autonomy,” has a problem: It turns out autonomy is hard. The company is totally definitely introducing a fully autonomous robotaxi this year, for realsies, yet it can’t even figure out how to make its cars self-drive through the Vegas Loop — a tunnel Musk himself … Read more

Workers Forced To Wade Through Toxic Mud To Build Elon Musk’s Pointless Vegas Tunnel

Workers Forced To Wade Through Toxic Mud To Build Elon Musk’s Pointless Vegas Tunnel

Elon Musk’s dumb — and almost entirely pointless — tunnels below the Las Vegas strip are not exactly going as planned. Since the company first appeared about seven years ago, plans have been scaled back, promises have been broken and safety violations have piled up. Walter Isaacson On Elon Musk(s) Bloomberg Businessweek decided to take … Read more

Las Vegas, Home Of Bad Ideas, Goes All-In On Tesla’s Dumb Tunnels

Las Vegas, Home Of Bad Ideas, Goes All-In On Tesla’s Dumb Tunnels

Image: Robyn Beck (AP) Las Vegas seems to be on a roll with bad ideas lately. There’s the whole debacle that was the 2023 Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. There’s a new ordinance that could land you in jail for up to six months and hit you with a $1,000 fine if you block … Read more