"Tesla is pushing ahead with its Robotaxi service in SF, despite what we thought were a lot more regulatory hurdles that, as far as we know, Tesla's autonomous taxis have not actually gone through. The Tesla Robotaxi app went live in the Apple App Store on Wednesday, with a waitlist for signups for Tesla Robotaxi rides in the Bay Area and with a service map that includes SF, Oakland, Berkeley, and much of the Peninsula down to San Jose."
"As we noted in late July, when Tesla first began rolling out the service here, CEO Elon Musk didn't use the words "autonomous" or "robotaxi" in his announcement on Xitter, saying only, "You can now ride-hail a Tesla in the SF Bay Area, in addition to Austin." That, we surmised, was because Tesla has some sort of limousine service permit in California, but they have not yet done as far we understand all the hours of safety testing of their fully autonomous vehicles."
Tesla launched a Robotaxi app in the Apple App Store with a Bay Area waitlist and a service map covering San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and the Peninsula down to San Jose. An initial announcement avoided the terms "autonomous" and "robotaxi," instead stating riders can hail Teslas in the Bay Area and Austin. Tesla appears to be operating under a limousine-service permit in California and has reportedly deployed safety operators in drivers' seats. The app's Terms of Service indicate some rides may be conducted autonomously without a safety driver while others use FSD (Supervised), and California rides operate under CPUC authority.
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