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Tesla starts testing robotaxis in Austin with no safety driver
Tesla tests fully driverless Model Y robotaxis in Austin without human monitors as part of CEO Elon Musk's plan to scale fleet beyond 60 vehicles by year-end.
- Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, wrote `Testing is underway with no occupants in the car` on Sunday as two Tesla Model Y Robotaxi vehicles drove empty in Austin, Texas.
- Tesla plans to remove safety monitors and scale driverless rides in Austin by year-end, following recent Full Self-Driving v14.2.1.25 releases, Musk confirmed.
- On Sunday, observers spotted at least two Robotaxis operating without safety monitors near South Congress and Dawson, Austin neighborhoods, using different license plates.
- Despite the tests, Tesla has not yet placed paying customers in unsupervised vehicles and has not released comparative safety data, even after multiple crashes with safety monitors onboard.
- Scaling advocates and critics say Tesla hopes to convert much of its existing fleet into driverless cars to scale Robotaxi, while Musk reiterated timelines last week despite past missed deadlines.
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Tesla robotaxis spotted on public roads without safety monitors
After years of false promises and missed deadlines, several Tesla vehicles have been spotted over the weekend driving autonomously without safety monitors on public roads in Austin. 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. The safety monitor sits in the passenger seat…
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