Tesla Robotaxis in Austin Operate Fully Unsupervised Ahead of Cybercab Launch
Over the past two weeks, all 170 Tesla Robotaxi rides tracked by Robotaxi Tracker in Austin were unsupervised. This marks a significant shift from earlier this summer when Tesla’s driverless fleet appeared to be stagnating or shrinking. The increase is attributed partly to improved data tracking after Ethan McKanna, the site's creator and former intern at Tesla, revised sources for his crowdsourced tracker. The change in Austin aligns with reports of more unsupervised vehicles also being observed in Dallas and Houston. This development supports Elon Musk’s claim that Robotaxis will scale rapidly as Tesla prepares to launch its purpose-built Cybercab robotaxi. Tesla is reportedly limiting the addition of Model Ys to its fleet, possibly due to a focus on scaling up Cybercabs soon. Despite this progress, Tesla still lags behind competitors like Waymo, which operates over 300 driverless vehicles in Austin alone.
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