Tesla’s Plan for Driverless Robotaxis Hits Austin Streets Soon

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Tesla is gearing up to launch a fleet of fully self-driving Robotaxis in Austin, Texas, aiming to remove human supervision from the vehicles within weeks. CEO Elon Musk says this move could mark a significant shift from assisted driving systems to true autonomy.

The upcoming rollout isn’t just another test run — Tesla says the cars will operate without any onboard human overseer, a milestone in its long pursuit of unsupervised autonomous driving. Optimism around the technology’s potential growth comes amid years of incremental progress and skepticism around safety.

Tesla’s Robotaxi service first started in Austin in June with safety monitors onboard, and the company has been expanding its small fleet since then. The new phase would see these vehicles navigating public roads on their own, a first for Tesla’s commercial mobility ambitions.

While Musk asserts that the Full Self-Driving software is nearly ready for this leap, critics point to past delays and ongoing questions about real-world reliability and regulatory approval. Even so, Tesla hopes that successful deployment in Austin will accelerate adoption in other cities.

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