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In two weeks, the Tesla Austin robotaxi area will expand again. It will likely cover the 300 square miles of the city of Austin. Tesla also said they will
Waymo’s robotaxis are fully driverless and expanding fast, while Tesla’s service is still limited and invite-only. The gap is bigger than you think.
Tesla's robotaxi encountered three disengagements or human interventions during Business Insider's test of the service.
On Monday, Tesla posted a picture of the robotaxi's new coverage area within Austin, focusing mainly on moving north up I-35 and a wider swath of South Austin below Lady Bird Lake. And it looks like a penis. "Harder, better, faster, stronger," the company's official robotaxi account posted on X, alongside a photo of the map.
Tesla Inc. is in early talks with officials in Nevada to establish autonomous vehicle operations in the state as the automaker plans an expansion of its recently introduced robotaxi service.
Tesla's new robotaxi geofence in Austin cuts across that of Waymo's and has a phallic shape.
An upside-down Tesla “T”? An upraised middle finger? Something else? The geofenced boundaries of the EV maker’s new Austin service area are drawing
Tesla has started giving rides in driverless Model Y SUVs in Austin. Details are still sparse, but limited service is open to vetted and invited riders.
The fallout from Elon Musk’s plunge into politics a year ago is still hammering his Tesla business as both sales and profits fell sharply again in the latest quarter.
A battle of autonomous ride hailing services is taking place in Austin, Texas where latecomer Tesla’s Robotaxi is trying to challenge Alphabet’s Waymo.