US EditionMusk Announces Launch of Tesla Ride-Hailing Service in Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO AND THE BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA, JUL 31 – Tesla operates robotaxi rides with safety drivers while seeking permits to run fully driverless, aiming to serve half of the U.S. population by year-end, CEO Elon Musk said.
- Launching its ride-hailing service, Tesla, Elon Musk confirmed it is now live in the San Francisco Bay Area, expanding beyond Austin.
- Earlier this year, Tesla began a limited pilot in Austin on June 22, 2025, running over one month without major safety incidents despite lacking CPUC permits.
- With the update, Tesla AI's X account confirmed invitations and shared a map showing the Bay Area geofence spans around 80 miles north to south, compared to 13 miles in Austin.
- Under California regulations, Tesla can now apply for permits, but a pilot phase without charging customers is required, and timelines remain unclear.
- Despite regulatory hurdles, Musk projects that Tesla's ride-hailing service will expand to more cities in the coming months, with California's rules potentially delaying the timeline.
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Tesla Rolls Out Ride-Hail Service In Bay Area, Careful Not to Call It 'Robotaxi'
So, it seems that Tesla still doesn't have permits to operate a self-driving taxi service in California. But after launching just such a service for a select few users in Austin, the company appears to be doing the same thing in the Bay Area, but here they're not calling it self-driving.After a month of Elon Musk teasing in Xitter posts that Tesla's Robotaxis — that is what they're branded as in Austin — would be coming shortly to the Bay Area, …
Musk announces launch of Tesla ride-hailing service in Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Tesla has launched a ride-hailing service in the San Francisco Bay Area, Elon Musk announced early Thursday. While the Tesla CEO hinted earlier this month that his company's driverless robotaxis would soon be rolling out to the region, this service will have a person behind the wheel. “You can now ride-hail a Tesla in the SF Bay Area, in addition to Austin,” Musk wrote in an overnight post to X. Another post from Tesla AI…
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