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Tesla Inc. is aiming its driverless taxis for the San Francisco Bay area as the carmaker plots an expansion on the heels of last month’s limited rollout in Austin.
CNBC went to Austin, Texas, to check out the supervised, invitation-only launch of no more than 20 of Tesla‘s robotaxis. CEO Elon Musk once promised Tesla would be able to drive themselves and owners would be able to rent out their vehicles for rideshare.
Tesla is expanding its robotaxi pilot program to the San Francisco Bay Area within the next two months, contingent on regulatory approvals
Tesla’s much-publicized robotaxi service began this weekend — but only in one neighborhood in Austin, Texas, only for a select group of the company’s fans and only with a Tesla employee in the front passenger seat.
The three autonomous driving experts told Business Insider about how they think the launch went, and what may have prompted some issue.
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Terrifying new footage shows a Tesla robotaxi ripping through partially flooded streets in Austin, Texas. The clip, which went viral on the r/SweatyPalms subreddit over the weekend, shows the modified Model Y blasting past far more carefully driving vehicles in the right lane.
Waymo has 69 times more vehicle days of commercial robotaxi operation in Austin and has had 42 more incidents. This is one incident for every 292 vehicle days of operation. Tesla has had zero collisions while Waymo has had three collisions (aka Actual accidents) in Austin.