Elon says there will be no safety drivers in the cars for the Austin launch of Tesla Robotaxi launch next month. There will be ten initially and if there are no incidents rapidly get to 30-40 in a week and few thousand within a few months. They will expand to other cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles.
They are talking to several major auto makers about licensing the FSD technology.
BREAKING: Elon Musk confirms there will be NO safety driver in the driver seat when @Tesla's robtoaxi service launches in Austin next month. No one will be sitting in the front drivers seat. pic.twitter.com/Jn8Bn3PD9R
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) May 20, 2025
Elon also said there will be hundreds of thousands if not over a million self driving cars in the USA by the end of 2026.
Elon Musk: "By the end of next year, we'll have hundreds of thousands, if not over a million Teslas doing self-driving in the US." pic.twitter.com/xpFDSoI9ip
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) May 20, 2025
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I read this on an article on Tesla’s rollout. It will have Geofencing and remote teleoperators.
…Tesla’s geofencing strategy ensures these first cars stick to areas the software can manage confidently. Musk also confirmed the use of remote teleoperators, human monitors who can step in if the car gets confused or caught in a jam.
Video of A tesla FSD 13.2.8 driving at speed off a country road (and rolling) seemingly because it misinterpreted a power pole shadow across the road as an obstacle:
https://www.reddit.com/r/TeslaFSD/comments/1ksa79y/1328_fsd_accident/
Tesla FSD is a long way from being reliable enough for safe robotaxis
What’s the range and how does it recharge itself?
Anyway, I’m skeptical given the problems with other self-driving cars, some withdrawn now, but we’ll see soon….