Tesla tests robotaxis in Austin
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Tesla has reported yet another crash involving its Robotaxi fleet in Austin to the NHTSA. The new data keeps the program’s accident rate alarmingly high compared to human drivers, even as the company prepares to remove human safety supervisors from the vehicles.
Analyst Andrew Percoco and his team expect the company to increase its fleet size to 1,000 vehicles on the road in 2026, up from between 50 and 150 on the road today. By the end of 2035, Morgan Stanley expects Tesla ( TSLA) to have one million robotaxis on the road across multiple cities.
The judge ruled Tesla should have to suspend manufacturing and sales in California for 30 days, but the DMV stayed those rulings for 90 days to allow Tesla to comply.
The Department of Motor Vehicles gives Elon Musk’s EV company 60 days to change how it promotes Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features or face a 30-day sales ban.
California’s many Tesla dealerships are now under threat. The head of California’s Department of Motor Vehicles said on Tuesday that if the carmaker does not correct its “misleading” branding of “Autopilot,” Tesla will be blocked from selling cars in the state for 30 days.
Tesla stock (TSLA) continues to flirt with a new record high after the EV company announced testing of its robotaxis without safety drivers in Austin, Texas. Washington Crossing Advisors senior portfolio manager Chad Morganlander and Yahoo Finance senior reporters Brooke DiPalma and Ines Ferré discuss where Tesla's latest technological push fits in among the broader EV and autonomous driving narratives.
There are many clues that Tesla is using lots of remote monitoring and supervision, and possibly even remote driving, for their early tests. Optimus still does that.
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