Tesla Inc. TSLA CEO Elon Musk has said that the EV large expects to start public robotaxi rides in Austin on June 22.
What Occurred: “Tentatively, June 22.” Musk mentioned in a social media publish on X on Tuesday in response to a question concerning the Austin robotaxi launch.
Nevertheless, the billionaire additionally said that the launch timeline may very well be topic to vary. “We’re being tremendous paranoid about security, so the date may shift,” he mentioned within the publish earlier than including that he expects Teslas to drive straight to a buyer’s house beginning June 28.
Musk had earlier shared one other publish touting the corporate’s autonomous driving tech. “These are unmodified Tesla vehicles coming straight from the manufacturing unit, that means that each Tesla popping out of our factories is able to unsupervised self-driving!” He mentioned.
Why It Issues: The information comes as Tesla was formally named an AV operator in Austin, alongside the likes of Alphabet Inc.‘s GOOGL GOOG Waymo and Amazon.com Inc.‘s AMZN Zamx.
The billionaire had earlier shared that the corporate had begun testing its unsupervised FSD in Austin within the buildup to the robotaxi launch on June 12, “a month forward of schedule.”
Elsewhere, Waymo has quickly suspended its companies in Downtown LA following incidents of vandalism within the metropolis that resulted in over 5 Waymo autonomous taxis being vandalized.
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