Tesla vs Waymo: What 166 Austin Crash Reports Say

On Oct 27 Electrek reported that Elon Musk says the robotaxi race against Waymo was never a real contest, and KXAN reported 249 robotaxi wrecks in Austin. So we downloaded the federal crash file and read all 26 of Tesla's Austin reports, one by one. By Tesla's own account, the most common one is a robotaxi that isn't moving: 12 of the 26 start stopped or yielding, and someone else hits it. In nine, the Tesla hits something standing still, and in three of those nine Tesla's reports say a person somewhere else was driving by remote control.