Tesla seeks to block city of Austin from releasing records on robotaxi trial

[highplainsdem]

Source: Reuters

Tesla is trying to prevent the city of Austin, Texas, from releasing public records to Reuters involving the EV maker’s planned launch of self-driving robotaxis in the city this month.

The news agency in February requested communications between Tesla and Austin officials over the previous two years. The request followed CEO Elon Musk’s announcement in January that Tesla would launch fare-collecting robotaxis on Austin public streets.

Austin public-information officer Dan Davis told Reuters on April 1 that “third parties” had asked the city to withhold the records to protect their “privacy or property interests.” Austin officials on April 7 requested an opinion on the news agency’s request from the Texas Attorney General’s office, which handles public-records disputes.

On April 16, an attorney for Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab wrote the AG objecting to the release of “confidential, proprietary, competitively sensitive commercial, and/or trade secret information” contained in emails between Tesla and Austin officials. The Tesla attorney wrote that providing the documents to Reuters would reveal “Tesla’s deployment procedure, process, status and strategy” and “irreparably harm Tesla.”

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-seeks-block-city-austin-releasing-records-robotaxi-trial-2025-06-06/

[republianmushroom]

1. Why not, Tesla ?

The records must not be good for Tesla.

[ananda]

2. Would you get in one of those?

I'm in Austin, and I would not!

[groundloop]

3. And honestly, what's their advantage (other than killing more jobs)?

[ananda]

4. More profit for the owner who doesn't have to share fees?

(From those crazy enough to get in one, if they
make it our alive.)

[dalton99a]

5. The Nazi parasite doesn't give a shit about public safety

https://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/travel/article/tesla-robotaxi-safety-austin-20351329.php

With 51 reported deaths, how safe are Tesla's robotaxis?
Tesla is launching the new robotaxi service in Texas soon.
By Cristela Jones

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The robotaxis will rely on Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) software, which has been linked to hundreds of nonfatal incidents and 51 reported fatalities as of October 2024, The Verge reports. In early May, the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration raised questions about Tesla's (FSD) technology to learn more about its development before its use in robotaxis.

More specifically, the NHTSA wanted to know how well the vehicles will operate in bad weather or reduced roadway visibility conditions such as sun glare, fog, dust, rain, and snow. NHTSA gave Tesla a June 19 deadline to submit this information.

The agency has been investigating crashes involving Teslas (FSD) feature for years, with two deaths having linked to the technology, according to the Verge. More recently, a Tesla vehicle using its latest FSD reportedly ran over a child-size mannequin crossing in front of a stopped school bus.

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[Bayard]

6. Making records public would, "irreparably harm Tesla."

What are they hiding?

[C Moon]

7. Tesla used to be in California. He left in a huff because of politics.

I recall during COVID he refused to obey the shut down rules and threatened leaving California if he didn’t get his way. He left regardless.

Have never liked that freak since 2020.