Elon Musk takes a dig at Waymo's pet collision history and says Tesla Robotaxi has a solution
Source: Business Insider ·
Elon Musk took a dig at Waymo's spate of collisions with stray animals and said that Tesla Robotaxi figured out how to avoid running over pets.
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Elon Musk said Waymo's robotaxis are "pet destroyers."PATRICK PLEUL/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesWaymo has previously caught flak for its robotaxis colliding with stray animals.Elon Musk took jabs at Waymo, calling the robotaxis "pet destroyers."Musk said Tesla gave itself challenges to solve the problem of robotaxis running over animals.Elon Musk took a dig at his robotaxi rival, Waymo, calling the vehicles "pet destroyers," and said Tesla Robotaxi has solved the issue of avoiding stray pets.During a livestreamed interview at an event hosted by Tesla Owners of Silicon Valley on Saturday, Musk called out Waymo for its reported collisions with animals."What a lot of people don't know is that Waymos are like pet destroyers," Musk said, laughing. "Well, maybe Waymo's made some improvements on that front, but they do run over a lot of pets, and we don't want to run over pets."Waymo has gotten flak over animal collisions before, most notably after its run-in with a beloved bodega cat in a San…