Elon Musk says Tesla taking safety supervisors out of some Robotaxi vehicles in Austin

Elon Musk says Tesla taking safety supervisors out of some Robotaxi vehicles in Austin

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on X that his EV company has removed human safety monitors from some of its Robotaxi vehicles in Austin.

Tesla didn’t remove the Robotaxi ‘safety monitor’ – it just moved them to a trailing car

Earlier today, Elon Musk announced on X that Tesla had "just started Tesla Robotaxi drives in Austin with no safety monitor in the car." Tesla's stock immediately jumped over 4% on the news. Headlines across the financial press celebrated the milestone. There's just one problem: it appears to be another game of smoke and mirrors. The Robotaxi cars spotted without "safety monitor" were all being followed by a trailing black Tesla supervising the …