"While only a few words in those sentences turned out to be true, they were closer to reality than Musk's other promises about Tesla's self-driving ambitions in 2025. There was also the time he swore "half of the population of the U.S." would have Robotaxi access by the year's end. Or the many times he said that the safety driver, the human in the passenger's seat tasked with monitoring the car as it drives along, would no longer be needed."
"The idea worked like this: Tesla would be able to deploy Model Y Robotaxis in Austin and then throughout the U.S. They'd be very similar to any Model Y you can buy right now, but with a slightly more advanced Full Self-Driving (FSD) systemthe name for Tesla's camera-based autonomous driving setup. Riders could pay to hail the taxis, and while a human safety operator would be minding things from the passenger's seat, the car eventually wouldn't need that at all."
"And over time, using AI training, the Tesla Robotaxi fleet and consumer FSD would achieve full autonomy. If that happens, it won't be in 2025. Despite Musk's continual promises and predictions, the automaker's quest to solve self-driving by the end of this yearwhether it be its own private fleet of autonomously-operated robotaxis or private autonomyhas come and gone again. Photo by: Twitter To Musk's credit, Tesla did launch its Robotaxi service in Austin in June."
Elon Musk predicted fully driverless Tesla Robotaxis would be operating in Austin by June and expand nationwide, but those promises did not materialize in 2025. Tesla launched a Robotaxi service in Austin in June, but vehicles operated with human safety riders supervising and ready to intervene. Tesla's system relies on camera-based Full Self-Driving (FSD) software and training the fleet to improve via AI. Plans for broad Robotaxi deployment and elimination of onboard safety drivers were delayed. Full autonomy across consumer FSD and robotaxi fleets was not achieved within the 2025 timeline.
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