Long waits for Tesla's robotaxis
- Tesla unredacted 17 crash narratives this week for its Robotaxi network, covering incidents from July 2025 through March 2026 filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The company had previously shielded all details as confidential business information.
- For over a year, Tesla shielded these details by labeling them confidential business information, arguing the company would "suffer financial harm" if competitors accessed the data to assess its autonomous progress. No other autonomous vehicle operator had fully redacted its crash reports.
- Two of the 17 incidents involved remote teleoperators who took control before hitting objects. In July 2025, an operator drove a Robotaxi into a metal fence at 8 mph; in January 2026, another drove into a construction barricade at 9 mph.
- Most reported incidents were not Tesla's fault, as vehicles were frequently rear-ended while stopped at traffic lights and intersections. Of the 17 crashes, 13 resulted in property damage only, with just one hospitalization reported across the entire period.
- Unlike competitors such as Waymo, Tesla frequently allows remote workers to directly drive its vehicles rather than merely suggest inputs to the autonomous software. Safety advocates have raised concerns about this approach, particularly as Tesla removes safety monitors from its fleet.
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Tesla discloses two Robotaxi crashes to NHTSA
Tesla has disclosed information on two low-speed crashes that occurred in Austin with its Robotaxi platform. These incidents occurred with teleoperators steering the vehicle, and there were no passengers in the car at the time they happened. Newly unredacted data filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reveals the two incidents. The first crash took place in July 2025, shortly after Tesla launched its nascent Robota…
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Long waits for Tesla's robotaxis
DALLAS — When Tesla announced an expansion of its robotaxis to Dallas and Houston last month, some investors touted momentum for CEO Elon Musk's mission to transform the electric-vehicle maker into an AI-powered, driverless-tech giant.
Tesla's robotaxi rollout features long wait times
DALLAS — When Tesla announced an expansion of its robotaxis to Dallas and Houston last month, some investors touted momentum for CEO Elon Musk's mission to transform the electric-vehicle maker into an AI-powered, driverless-tech giant.
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