Would you Robotaxi your car?

[Roys3]

Maybe. Only if the steering wheel is removed and customers can only sit in the back.

 

[run-the-joules]

Absolutely not.

 

[PoitNarf]

This is like the 4th thread about this in the past week...

 

[Roys3]

This is like the 4th thread about this in the past week...

I was afraid of that, but I did a search of the term "robotaxi" and didn't see any others, so I started the pole... Oh well...
Can you link to the others?

 

[Tummy]

If it is actually profitable, I would buy a car to be a robotaxi or put our current 3 into service and buy a new personal car.

 

[Leafdriver333]

At full charge my car will go 200 miles with 40 miles as reserve. Assuming 50% occupancy rate. 100 miles of money making.
If 5 mile ride costs $5, $100 will be made per full charge. $5 for electricity. Tesla takes 30%.
Therefore, I make $65 per full charge.
At places like NYC or LV, that would be possible.
$65x365 days/yr = $23,725/yr.

Car will accrue 73K miles a year.

 

[Matt L]

At full charge my car will go 200 miles with 40 miles as reserve. Assuming 50% occupancy rate. 100 miles of money making.
If 5 mile ride costs $5, $100 will be made per full charge. $5 for electricity. Tesla takes 30%.
Therefore, I make $65 per full charge.
At places like NYC or LV, that would be possible.
$65x365 days/yr = $23,725/yr.

Who covers the liability when your car crashes?

 

[Leafdriver333]

Who covers the liability when your car crashes?

Tesla Insurance.

 

[azred]

Can the customers ride in the trunk? I could put plastic back there so the vomit would be easier to clean up.

 

[whitex]

Why would you? If you want to do it today, just rent your car out on Turo or other outfit like that. What's the difference whether you rent a car to a live driver or to Tesla auto-pilot driver?

 

[rohan_aus]

Why would you? If you want to do it today, just rent your car out on Turo or other outfit like that. What's the difference whether you rent a car to a live driver or to Tesla auto-pilot driver?

Little different circumstances there; Turo is having someone else driving it & your car insurance is quite expensive when you rent your car out.

With Robotaxi, your car is driving itself (much safer) and Tesla is liable for any issues.

 

[Raphymartinez]

I barely want people I know as passengers in the car as it is . There is very little chance that I would do that, especially with the white seats. I would if I bought a base car just for that purpose

 

[Stanwood Steve]

I will not be doing this. The thought of having people I don't know inside my car doesn't thrill me and I cannot imagine a circumstance where I'd do this. Maybe if I purchased a low-end Model 3 and considered it just basic transportation only, but not my Performance model. Just not something I'd go for.

 

[Waterskidude]

This is why Tesla needs 2 price points for FSD. One for family use only and a second for commercial use.

 

[PoitNarf]

This is why Tesla needs 2 price points for FSD. One for family use only and a second for commercial use.

But there kind of are two price points here. You’d be earning money by having you car join the Tesla fleet, so the overall cost for FSD would be lower.

 

[Garlan Garner]

I would never robo-taxi my P3D+, however I would be willing to buy a basic one to robo-taxi.

 

[Robotpedlr]

With Robotaxi, your car is driving itself (much safer) and Tesla is liable for any issues.

The only issue with this is that we know how fast Tesla is at paying....that insurance claim could take 3+ months to fund.

I am still holding my breath waiting on my 2 power walls and invite to the Early Access Program promised to prior FSD owners.

 

[timk225]

Tesla needs to make a very stripped-down Model 3 "taxi edition" car for this purpose. One with a very basic interior, hard plastic upholstery on the doors, cloth seats, rubber floor mats, no fancy radio, etc. To paraphrase The Blues Brothers -- "Taxi interior, taxi wheels, taxi stereo, taxi everything". And only then, maybe it'd be worth the trouble.

In my early production LR RWD 3, no way in hell.

I think Elon made a mistake at the Autonomy reveal when he said there'd be a million robotaxis in a year. He should have said that there would be a million Teslas CAPABLE of doing robotaxi work. A notably different thing.

 

[Leafdriver333]

I will not be doing this. The thought of having people I don't know inside my car doesn't thrill me and I cannot imagine a circumstance where I'd do this. Maybe if I purchased a low-end Model 3 and considered it just basic transportation only, but not my Performance model. Just not something I'd go for.

FSD will hit potholes and bend all four wheels.

 

[Garlan Garner]

FSD will hit potholes and bend all four wheels.

You are simply a ray of sunshine.