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this gentle soul, cyberbullying elon musk since 2015, author of "ludicrous:the unvarnished story of tesla motors" (2019), and cohost of the autonocast
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Here are design studies for the "robotaxi" that Tesla is pursuing instead of a lower-cost car. This is simply not a serious company.

A Tesla "robotaxi" design study that looks almost like a faired-in three wheeler like the ElectraMeccanica or Arcimoto  (look them up for more). It has a wedgy 70s look, but unlike the Cybertruck at least the hard lines are replaced by softer curves. Still, it looks tiny, cramped, low to the ground, hard to enter, dangerous in a crash, and just generally ripped from a sketchbook full of rejected ideas from the 1970s.
A wooden styling buck of the Tesla "robotaxi" with chief designer Franz von Holzhausen, showing how tiny and low to the ground this absurd little vehicle is. Entering and exiting look like they take sporstcar level contortions, and the tiny hatch barely fits two medium sized suitcases. No taxi has ever looked like this, for reasons immediately obvious to anyone who has ever actually ridden in a taxi.
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Bbsquiklehausen.bsky.social

I personally love having to pay double when I'm traveling with more than 1 other person.

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(Source: Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk)

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GCgwenckatz.bsky.social

Quality alt text right there

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WTwarrenterra.bsky.social

The canonical purpose-designed taxicabs are the British model (extremely high headroom, easy to exit and enter) and the classic NYC checker cab (also good for headroom and ease of access, though not as good). So, sure, ditch that whole idea.

A London "Hackney Carriage" black cab

Source: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackney_carriage
A NYC "checker cab", probably not the original style but echoing it (I didn't take the time to look for a better image)

Source:
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/20/automobiles/checker-cabs-return-to-gotham.html
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Ddecervelage.bsky.social

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Am I the only person who wants to see the Tesla three wheel taxi-ish vaporware thing come to fruition? Imagine the potential... youtu.be/bwprTMIjy40?...

3 WHEELER CAR CRASHES! Reliant Robin Banger Racing Compilation
3 WHEELER CAR CRASHES! Reliant Robin Banger Racing Compilation

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Jinsidejoke.bsky.social

So, I guess anyone with a family of 3 is screwed.

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BPbgluckman.bsky.social

Ford wants its 1981 Cockpit Concept by Ghia back

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Mmartin509.bsky.social

It's weird to spend a few years reading Curbside Classic where your dad (rightfully so!) railed against the American fixation on "longer, lower, wider", only for that exact philosophy to still stick around in the modern crossover age!

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TFsifu.tweety.fish

the low bucket seats really give you a sense of speed when you're stopped behind a plastic grocery bag in the middle of a stroad

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this gentle soul, cyberbullying elon musk since 2015, author of "ludicrous:the unvarnished story of tesla motors" (2019), and cohost of the autonocast
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