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[Matt R.]

Will they make the robot owners pay employee health tax? Probably.

[Mike K.]

Pay into some form of health tax, yes.

[Matt R.]

Robot Health Tax?  Le sigh.

[Mike K.]

Courtesy of the robots.

[splashflash]

 Come on you businessmen.  Spin the robot potential as a money-maker for someone other than government.  Where is Canada at with approving robocars or is that a provincial domain?

[Victoria Watcher]

Canada is one of only 4 countries that allow FSD. So we might be a bit of a lead.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 13 November 2025 - 09:42 AM.

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 Waymo has started testing robocars along San Francisco freeways and the San Jose City airport now allows robocars, but at a $4 docking price.  This article by Brad Templeton explains why Waymo left freeway testing until after city street operations.  Waymo Now Serves Freeways, SJC Airport, Large New Areas

 

Robocars along the Island Corridor would be an ideal first in BC, if not Canada.  The injury risk along the Corridor would be low compared to city streets or the higher speed Trans-Canada Highway.  The challenge is to recover the cost of upgrading the corridor so it could take the cars, of course.  BYD approached the ICF back around 2018 or 19 but that was for buses.

[Matt R.]

Come on you businessmen.  Spin the robot potential as a money-maker for someone other than government.  Where is Canada at with approving robocars or is that a provincial domain?

Great for restaurant food deliveries. Since we will soon be taxing tips we don’t have any servers so the timing is good.

My son got into robotics in high school, said he will invent a robot that can do my job. I told him great, I’ll buy two.

Still waiting.

[Mike K.]

You gotta buy them first.

[lanforod]

It'll be a subscription too, on top of the cost to purchase. Plus give up all your data, every fart gets recorded to Musks personal database.

[aastra]

Speak for yourself. My farts are more bergamot than musk.

[LJ]

Waymo is now operating on the freeways around Phoenix.