Tesla to Double Austin Robotaxi Fleet Next Month, CEO Musk Says
By Kimberley Kao
Tesla will double the number of robotaxis in Texas in December, less than six months after the company launched the service.
Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday in a post on X that the fleet in Austin, Texas, "should roughly double next month."
Tesla rolled out its self-driving taxi service in Austin in June, though the robotaxis have a person in the driver's seat for safety. Musk said during Tesla's earnings call last month that the company plans to do away with safety drivers in parts of Austin by the end of the year.
"Our goal is to be actually paranoid about deployment because obviously, even one accident will be front-page headline news worldwide," Musk said on the call. "We do expect to be operating robotaxis in I think about eight to 10 metro areas by the end of the year."
Write to Kimberley Kao at kimberley.kao@wsj.com
Corrections & Amplifications
This story was corrected at 6:23 a.m. ET. The original version incorrectly said Tesla self-driving taxi service was also launched in the San Francisco Bay Area in June.
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