"Tesla is finally doing unsupervised robotaxi trips in Austin, Texas, according to a video posted on X. Elon Musk reposted the video, congratulating Tesla's AI team for the milestone. For months, Tesla's robotaxis in Austin and San Francisco have included safety monitors with access to a kill switch in case of emergency - a fallback that Waymo currently doesn't need for its commercial robotaxi service."
"Musk has said that the human monitors are only there because Tesla is being "paranoid about safety," and not because of some deficiency in the company's technology. He later predicted that the company would remove the safety monitors by the end of 2025. It seems like he was off by a couple weeks. Ashok Elluswamy, Tesla's VP for autonomy, provided some more context on X, saying the company was "starting with a few unsupervised vehicles mixed in with the broader robotaxi fleet"
Tesla started unsupervised robotaxi trips in Austin, with Elon Musk reposting a video congratulating Tesla's AI team. For months, robotaxis in Austin and San Francisco have included safety monitors who can access a kill switch in emergencies; those monitors sit in the passenger seat in Austin and the driver seat in San Francisco. Both services are not fully open to the public and operate via customer waitlists. Musk said monitors are present because Tesla is "paranoid about safety" and predicted their removal by the end of 2025. Tesla's VP for autonomy said the company is starting with a few unsupervised vehicles mixed into the broader robotaxi fleet. Uncertainty remains about immediate public availability.
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