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Zoox co - founder and CTO Jesse Levinson does n’t believe Tesla will plunge a robotaxi drive - hail service in California ( or anywhere else ) next year despitewhat Elon Musk lately lay claim .
The “ central way out is they do n’t have technology that figure out , ” Levinson say Wednesday atTechCrunch Disrupt 2024 . “ And by works , I want to distinguish between a equipment driver aid system that drive most of the fourth dimension — except when it does n’t , and then you have to take over — versus a system that ’s so reliable and robust that you do n’t need a person in it . ”
Levinson went further and specifically maneuver to Tesla ’s determination to rely only on television camera to substantiate its gadget driver assistance system of rules . “ Our perspective is you really do need importantly more ironware than Tesla is put in their fomite to construct a robotaxi that is not just as secure , but as especially safe than a human being , ” he said .
Levinson said he apply Tesla ’s Full Self - Driving ( Supervised ) software system “ every couple of weeks . ” And while he called it “ telling , ” he also say he finds it “ a bit stressful . ”
“ Usually it does the right thing , and then it sort of lulls you into this false sensation of complacency , and then it does the wrong matter , ” he said . ‘ You ’re like , Oh , my God ! ’ ”
Levinson go on to say he believes FSD is “ about 100 times less safe than a human if you calculate at all the metric function that are publicly available . ” ( Nikola Tesla releasesquarterly safety reportsthat claim its number one wood - aid get into few clank than cars without it — though these self - account statistic have beencriticizedas being selective . )
