Tesla has officially launched its first robotaxis in Austin, allowing select users to experience fully autonomous rides after years of delays. Attendees could hail the robotaxi for a flat fee of $4.20, although Tesla employees were present in the cars for safety purposes. CEO Elon Musk described the robotaxi's design as "beautifully simple" while emphasizing that all Tesla models emerging from the factory are capable of unsupervised self-driving. The cars were launched amidst social media excitement and minor app-related delays and are designed for scalability without needing specialized equipment.
"These are unmodified Tesla cars coming straight from the factory, meaning that every Tesla coming out of our factories is capable of unsupervised self-driving," he added.
"We are approaching the window where we expected to have the app and showing everything," Chuck Cook, one of the early invitees to try the Tesla robotaxi, said on X.
"It does not require expensive, specialized equipment or extensive mapping of service areas. It just works," the company said.
Elon Musk teased the launch of the robotaxi, a driverless Tesla Model Y emblazoned with its namesake in Cybertruck-style font. "Beautifully simple design," Musk wrote on X.
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