Tesla’s Robotaxi Service Hits the Road in Austin, With Riders Sharing Their Experiences

Tesla’s Robotaxi Service, Texas, Texas, Texas, Texas was started with cars for the first wheel to take passengers behind the wheel.

“@Tesla_ai The start of Robotaxi begins with customers who pay $ 8.20 in this afternoon!” Tesla CEO Elon Musk Sent to x Sunday. At the beginning of this month, Musk Tesla’s Robotaxi Service said Would start “initially” on June 22And it really did.

In Another Sunday in XMusk welcomed the Robotaxi service and applauded the program and chip design groups with Tesla, “Culmination of the decade of hard work” and “both AI chip and program teams were built from scratch.” “

An imposed group of influence, Tesla’s model Y vehicles have been forced to buy a new self-driving service for a spin in a limited region of Austin. The Robotaxi service will start using the company’s existing vehicles, as a result before starting purposeful structure Caliber vehicle with no steering or pedals. Musk said that the vehicle will start “before 2027”.

Tesla repost by a handful Rider practices In Austin to show passengers Climbing abroad and falland vehicle Navigating the roads and Speed ​​Bumps and avoid pedestrians. Videos indicate a worker sitting in the passenger seat to ensure that everything is smooth, but no one in the driver’s seat.

Austine started the Tesla in the lead To try self-driving service With employees in the San Francisco Bay area, the security driver in the council. Musk in May Sent x This “TESLA tests in Austin’s public streets in the last few days, no events testing the self-driving model (no one in the driver’s seat).”

Texas is a place to apply to start self-driving service minimal rules the way around the way around. But on Friday Governor Greg Abbott Signed legislation It requires autonomous vehicle services to obtain a state permit before the operation. The law comes into force on September 1.

Tesla is already joined by other self-driving companies operating in Austin; The alphabet belongs to Waymo takes the driving rides there a through a Partnership with UberAlthough Amazon owner Zamx Drives the test fleet in the city.