Tesla Cybercabs Hit Austin Streets in Expansion of Robotaxi Service

2 pointsposted 5 hours ago
by bookofjoe

4 Comments

jqpabc123

5 hours ago

With a Starlink connection fully integrated. Why does a fully autonomous vehicle need satellite internet?

Maybe this is the answer:

https://www.motor1.com/news/744421/tesla-cybercab-driven-rem...

flutas

2 hours ago

Media playback? It has a 21" screen in the middle.

Also as a redundant connection so they don't have a meltdown like Waymo did when they lost cell signal.

> “In limited instances on Saturday night, the [robotaxi] Driver sought additional context,” the spokesperson wrote in an email. (The company refers to its cars’ autonomous driving systems as “Drivers.”) “However, the unprecedented scale of the power outage and its impact on local connectivity resulted in some delays to those confirmations.”

https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/23/wtf-happened-waymo-blackou...

dudefeliciano

4 hours ago

controlling a car remotely via a satellite network for safety, what could go wrong?