Elon Musk Says Tesla Robotaxi Rides Start June 22 In Austin, Full Self-Driving To Allow House Supply By June 28: ‘We’re Being Tremendous Paranoid’ – Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)

Tesla Inc. TSLA CEO Elon Musk has acknowledged that the EV big expects to start public robotaxi rides in Austin on June 22.

What Occurred: “Tentatively, June 22.” Musk stated in a social media put up on X on Tuesday in response to a question in regards to the Austin robotaxi launch.

Nonetheless, the billionaire additionally acknowledged that the launch timeline may very well be topic to vary. “We’re being tremendous paranoid about security, so the date might shift,” he stated within the put up earlier than including that he expects Teslas to drive straight to a buyer’s dwelling beginning June 28.

Musk had earlier shared one other put up touting the corporate’s autonomous driving tech. “These are unmodified Tesla vehicles coming straight from the manufacturing unit, that means that each Tesla popping out of our factories is able to unsupervised self-driving!” He stated.

Why It Issues: The information comes as Tesla was formally named an AV operator in Austin, alongside the likes of Alphabet Inc.‘s GOOGL GOOG Waymo and Amazon.com Inc.‘s AMZN Zoox.

The billionaire had earlier shared that the corporate had begun testing its unsupervised FSD in Austin within the buildup to the robotaxi launch on June 12, “a month forward of schedule.”

Elsewhere, Waymo has quickly suspended its providers in Downtown LA following incidents of vandalism within the metropolis that resulted in over 5 Waymo autonomous taxis being vandalized.

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