Uber would welcome Tesla on platform once camera-only FSD is safe
Predictor: Dara Khosrowshahi · ep#243 "Uber vs. Tesla, Robotaxi Timelines, and the End of Human Driving | Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi | #243" · source
Prediction text
Uber would welcome Tesla on platform once camera-only FSD is safe | when the day comes when those Teslas are safe with a camera only approach, we'd love to have those Teslas on our platform as well.
Watch events: Waymo 1M rides/wk (end-2026); Tesla Robotaxi scaling; NHTSA AV rules
Verbatim quote
when the day comes when those Teslas are safe with a camera only approach, we'd love to have those Teslas on our platform as well.
Predictor: Dara Khosrowshahi
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Milestone chain
- 2026-10-13pendingQ1 window check-in (25%)
- 2026-09-01 → 2027-03-31pendingTesla unsupervised FSD enabled on customer-owned cars in geofenced areaHow: Tesla pushes Unsupervised FSD release notes to non-employee customer vehicles; tracked via Electrek + Tesla blogSource: Musk Q1 2026 earnings: Unsupervised FSD probably Q4 2026 rolloutconf 55%
- 2026-09-01 → 2027-06-30pendingTesla FSD v15 released to fleetHow: Tesla pushes FSD v15.0+ release notes; precondition for large-scale Robotaxi per Musk Q1 2026Source: Automotive World: 'Musk defers scale to FSD V15'conf 60%
- 2027-03-29pendingQ2 window check-in (50%)
- 2026-12-01 → 2027-09-30pendingTesla Robotaxi fleet exceeds 1,000 cumulative vehiclesHow: Cumulative Robotaxi count >=1,000 across all cities; Morgan Stanley targetSource: Morgan Stanley: 1,000 Robotaxi vehicles by end of 2026conf 55%
- 2026-09-01 → 2027-12-31pendingTesla Cybercab or successor begins production deliveriesHow: Tesla 10-Q or production update confirming Cybercab unit production for revenueSource: Road to Autonomy 'Tesla Unsupervised Robotaxi Cybercab Line' transcriptconf 50%
- 2027-09-12pendingQ3 window check-in (75%)
- 2027-01-01 → 2028-09-30pendingUber explicitly opens platform to Tesla owner-operator robotaxisHow: Uber product announcement or earnings-call statement enabling Tesla camera-only autonomous vehicles to accept Uber dispatches; counterpart to existing Waymo partnershipSource: Built In Robotaxi competitive overview (Tesla vs Waymo on Uber)conf 40%
- 2027-12-31pendingIf FSD v15 not released and disengagement rate has not improved by end-2027, Uber partnership unrealisticHow: Tesla FSD still on v14.x with no public disengagement-rate disclosure showing >=10x improvement makes Uber-platform integration improbable in remaining windowSource: Built In + Automotive World safety-prerequisite analysisconf 50%
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Edges that influence THIS node's belief
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | S_ROBOTAXI_NATIONWIDE_2028 Robotaxi nationwide expansion by Nov 2028 | 45.0% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.169 |
| killer | TK03 AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.056 |
| killer | TK01 AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | 15.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.031 |
| killer | TK14 Superbubble Pop (S&P 500 -40%, Moonshot Capital Evaporates) | 20.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.006 |
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Prerequisites (5)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | S_ROBOTAXI_NATIONWIDE_2028 | Robotaxi nationwide expansion by Nov 2028 | robotaxi_deployment | — |
| correlate | S_ROBOTAXI_TESLA_2026 | Tesla FSD unsupervised wide deployment by Nov 2026 | robotaxi_deployment | — |
| killer | TK14 | Superbubble Pop (S&P 500 -40%, Moonshot Capital Evaporates) | — | — |
| killer | TK01 | AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | — | — |
| killer | TK03 | AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | — | — |
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Raw metadata
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"caveats": "As to whether we will or will not is TBD",
"context": "when the day comes when those Teslas are safe with a camera only approach, we'd love to have those Teslas on our platform as well... As to whether we will or will not is TBD, but there are plenty of other partners in the space and we think there going to be many many winners.",
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