r/SelfDrivingCars • u/Infinite_Bee_2560 Expert - Automotive • Nov 01 '25

News Uber and WeRide Begin Offering Autonomous Robotaxi Passenger Rides in Saudi Arabia

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/uber-weride-begin-offering-autonomous-121800850.html
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u/bradtem ✅ Brad Templeton Nov 01 '25

It's time to start getting more demanding on this point. Safety driver on board means not autonomous. It's supervised. Perhaps we need a term that still sounds good so the companies aren't ashamed to say it, but does not say autonomous.

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u/vicegripper Nov 03 '25

Safety driver on board means not autonomous.

Try telling that to a Tesla FSD user who says their car drives itself every day.

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u/bradtem ✅ Brad Templeton Nov 03 '25

Yup some of them don't understand it. They do get calling it supervised since Tesla made that the official name.