"Last week, Tesla officially removed Safety Monitors from some - not all - of its Robotaxi vehicles in Austin, Texas, answering skeptics who said the vehicles still needed supervision to operate safely and efficiently. Tesla aimed to remove Safety Monitors before the end of 2025, and it did, but only to company employees."
"However, the small number of Robotaxis that are operating without Safety Monitors has proven difficult to hail for a ride. David Moss, who has gained notoriety recently as the person who has traveled over 10,000 miles in his Tesla on Full Self-Driving v14 without any interventions, made it to Austin last week. He has tried to get a ride in a Safety Monitor-less Robotaxi for the better part of four days, and after 38 attempts, he still has yet to grab one:"
"Tesla said last week that it was rolling out a controlled test of the Safety Monitor-less Robotaxis. Ashok Elluswamy, who heads the AI program at Tesla, confirmed that the company was "starting with a few unsupervised vehicles mixed in with the broader Robotaxi fleet with Safety Monitors," and that "the ratio will increase over time." This is a good strategy that prioritizes safety and keeps the company's controlled rollout at the"
Tesla removed Safety Monitors from a subset of Robotaxi vehicles in Austin and opened limited rides to the public after an earlier employee-only rollout. The company had targeted removal of monitors by the end of 2025 and implemented a staged approach. Only a small number of unsupervised Robotaxis are currently active, making them hard to obtain for riders. High-profile tester David Moss attempted dozens of hails without success. Tesla describes the program as a controlled test, starting with a few unsupervised vehicles mixed within a monitored fleet and increasing the ratio over time.
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