Video of Tesla's self-driving robotaxi on the road goes viral, Elon Musk claims it will be carrying passengers by June 2025
On June 10, 2025, a video of Tesla's self-driving robot taxi driving on the streets of Austin, Texas was posted on X. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X that Tesla's robot taxis will start carrying passengers on June 22.
Video shows Tesla robotaxi on Austin streets without human driver
Elon Musk says Tesla robotaxi rides in Austin will 'tentatively' begin June 22
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/elon-musk-says-tesla-robotaxi-rides-in-austin-will-tentatively-begin-june-22.html
In the embedded video below, posted to X, you can see Tesla's self-driving taxi driving on the road.
HOLY CRAP ITS A #ROBOTAXI !! @SawyerMerritt @WholeMarsBlog @DirtyTesLa @niccruzpatane pic.twitter.com/slfAsu0AQl
— Terrapin Terpene Col (@TerrapinTerpene) June 10, 2025
A black car is entering an intersection. The car appears to be a Tesla Model Y. There is no one in the driver's seat, but there appears to be someone in the passenger seat.
He waits for two women to cross the intersection, then turns left slowly with his blinker on.
On the side of the vehicle, the word 'ROBOTAXI' was written in angular font.
Citing a post responding to the video, Musk commented, 'It's a beautiful, simple design.'
Beautifully simple design. https://t.co/eA7QgzW1jh
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 10, 2025
According to Musk, the robotaxi is a Tesla vehicle that comes straight from the factory, with no special modifications. 'That means every Tesla that leaves our factory is capable of unsupervised self-driving!' Musk said.
These are unmodified Tesla cars coming straight from the factory, meaning that every Tesla coming out of our factories is capable of unsupervised self-driving! https://t.co/n94ln0Uas6
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 10, 2025
Later, in response to a reply from X user asking, 'When will the first public rides begin? Everyone is so excited about this short video posted today lol,' Musk replied, 'Tentatively June 22nd. The date may change because we're very concerned about safety. The first Tesla car that drives itself from the factory production line to a customer's home will be available on June 28th.'
Tentatively, June 22.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 11, 2025
We are being super paranoid about safety, so the date could shift.
First Tesla that drives itself from factory end of line all the way to a customer house is June 28.
Tesla has said that by January 2025, vehicles produced in its factories will be able to drive themselves to designated loading docks without human intervention.
Teslas now drive themselves from their birthplace at the factory to their designated loading lane docks without human intervention
— Tesla AI (@Tesla_AI) January 29, 2025
One step closer to large-scale unsupervised FSD pic.twitter.com/Aj6dHsLaRO
According to Musk, speaking to CNBC journalist David Faber , Tesla will start with a very small fleet of 10 to 20 robotaxis. These robotaxis will be equipped with an unsupervised version of Tesla's self-driving technology, Full Self-Driving (FSD), and the Model Y will be used for testing.
News production company NBC News points out that Tesla is trying to compete with Google's sister company Waymo , which already operates its self-driving taxi 'Waymo One' in Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Austin in the United States, and plans to roll out Waymo One in Atlanta, Miami and Washington DC in 2026.
Waymo is expanding its self-driving car manufacturing plants in the US and is reportedly on track to more than double the number of robotaxis in operation by 2026.
Google's sister company Waymo will expand its manufacturing plant for fully autonomous vehicles in the US, more than doubling the number of robot taxis in operation by 2026 - GIGAZINE
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