Tesla Robotaxi crashes through bollards weeks after claiming flawless record

A Tesla Robotaxi operating without a safety monitor onboard drove through a row of plastic bollards protecting a closed lane in Austin, Texas. The incident happened weeks after Tesla's VP of AI declared an "impeccable" safety record with "zero notable incidents" after 380,000 miles driven unsupervised. The video shows the vehicle detected the bollards, stopped multiple times, then decided to push through them, indicating a failure in decision-making rather than perception. Tesla uses real-time mapping instead of detailed prior maps, which may explain the vehicle's confusion when unable to reve

• Tesla Robotaxi drove 380,000 miles unsupervised with zero notable incidents
• Vehicle drove through plastic bollards after stopping multiple times in Austin

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