Tesla says it has been testing driverless Model Ys in Austin for ‘several days’

TeslaRobotaxi service began to test on Austin before previously June was put into operationaccording to the company. “The last few days, Tesla The self-driving model without any incident in Austin public streets tests y cars (not in driving seat) “CEO Elon musk Sent x. “A month ahead of the table.”

At the beginning of this year, Tesla In June, using the robotaxi service a while ago, using the internal fleet operating in Austin, a limited, geo unfair part of the protesters. The level of human aid (teleoperation) is not clear, but there are fears Based on the Last Date of Tesla Human operators can be used shut Any technical deficiency Teslaself-driving means.

Recently Bloomberg The report was more specific about the start date of the start date with paid customers on June 12. But in reports this month ago showed that Tesla In the middle of May, he began to test without a driver, so it will only test a few weeks before commercial start.

On top of that, the National Highways Traffic Safety Department (NHTSA) is still dark in many details around the service. “I would like to collect additional information about the agency TeslaHow to develop technologies for use in ‘Robotaxi’ vehicles Tesla He plans to assess vehicles and driving automation technologies for use in public roads, “NHTSA wrote Letter to Tesla May 8.

This information is the key to social security because Tesla LiDAR and radar sensors like Waymo and other robotaxi operators will only use camera-based systems. In the last analytical call, Elon Musk said that the model Y Robotaxi cars will be the same as the model of the model sold to the public. “There’s no change to it,” said Musk (before without contradictory by TeslaAutopilot Program Director).

No other information was spread, but the upcoming service is important for the manufacturer of course given Tesla house salesespecially in Europe. CEO Elon Musk said he was famous for the future Tesla In robotaxis, it was reported even A budget home cancellation He pay attention to the service.