Timing CEO Elon Musk He stressed that the company will get a robot in the streets of Austin, Texas, by the end of June.
In an interview with David Faber from CNBC on Tuesday at the company’s headquarters in Austin, Musa said that Tesla aims to bring her robots to Los Angeles and San Francisco following the planned Austin.
Musk said that the Tesla Robotaxi service will start by about 10 vehicles in Austin, and quickly expand to thousands of vehicles in the absence of good cases without any accidents.
Since 2016, Musk has promised Tesla investors, clients and fans that the company was about a year away from providing a self -driving car capable of transporting passengers safely without human interventions, or a person in the wheel.
Musk said: “It is wise for us to start with a small number, and we confirm that things are going well and then expanding their scope.”
To start, Tesla said that the robots will be the Y Model Vehicles with a coming version of FSD (full driving) known as FSD not subject to supervision.
alphabet Waymo is currently working on commercial services, without drivers to ride in many American markets. In a recent profit call, Alphabet said that Waymo is already making 250,000 paid trips per week.
Musk said that Tesla “will” the geographical “geographic” in Austin to start, which means that the company will limit where these model vehicles can lead. But there will be no human safety driver in cars, and promise of musk.
He said that Tesla staff would monitor the fleet remotely.
“We will monitor what cars do very carefully and with the growth of confidence, there will be less than that,” Musk said.
Musk has already claimed a “generalized” approach to Robotax more ambitious than Waymo. Tesla depends on the camera -based systems and the computer’s vision mainly instead of advanced sensors including Lidar and Radar.
Musk said that these sensors were expensive and could hinder high -size robotics production and expand the range of a global fleet.
“What will actually work better for the road system is artificial intelligence, nerve networks and digital cameras,” Musk said on Tuesday.
Faber pressed the musk on the political reaction that Tesla faced in response to the participation of musk with President Donald Trump Management, in German policy. Tesla faced a decrease in EV sales, as it reported a 20 % decrease in car revenues in the first quarter of 2025.
Musk attributed the decrease in sales to the company that needs to re -equip its factories to start producing a fresh copy of its most popular car, the Y.
“We cannot make cars if the factories are re -equipped. But we have seen a great recovery in the demand at this stage,” Musk said. “When you buy a product, to what extent do you care about the political opinions of the CEO or even care about what they are?”
While remaining at the head of Tesla and also operating Spacex and Xai, Musk works as a major adviser to President Trump after spending nearly $ 300 million to pay him to the White House.
His property in Tesla and Spacex make Musk the richest person in the world with a net value estimated at 376 billion dollars today, according to the Bloomberg billionaire index.
Earlier on Tuesday, Musk Committed by Tesla over the next five years.
“Yes, there is no doubt about it at all,” He said musk In an interview at the Bloomberg Economic Forum in Doha.
