Tesla has launched its robotaxi service for a handful of supervans, but my Knightrider dreams are still far away from reality
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- Tesla’s robotaxis are active in Texas, Austin
- Most online responses have been positive so far
- You can only get rides with special invitations for the time being
It was quite a waiting time, but the Tesla Robotaxi Service has now launched in limited form and his first passengers around Austin, Texas annoying with fully automated self -driving technology and not human taxi drivers.
The news was announced through various social media channels, including @Tesla_aiand follows years of Testing and teasing van Tesla and his CEO Elon Musk. However, it is a very limited launch for the time being: you must be invited to try out the service, and it only includes a specific part of Austin, a region that has been thoroughly assigned by Tesla’s software.
Although there is no human driver, every robotaxi is supplied with a Tesla employee who is sitting on the passenger seat, ready to close the car when it gets into trouble.
Rides are charged for a fixed amount of $ 4.20 (approximately £ 3.15 / au $ 6.60), where everything is treated via the Tesla app. Musk has said that the service will expand to other cities in the coming months and will reach the milestone of 1,000 vehicles. So although it is good to see the service launch, I will Knight Dreams for a while.
Here is my experience in one of the first public -night @Tesla Robotaxi rides. It was flexible, comfortable and just as good as during the day. pic.twitter.com/7BDVVAWF3AJune 23, 2025
There is also a brand New robotaxi -page On the Tesla website, giving details about the service. Tesla gambles big on the robotaxi service as a future income flow, and there have even been hints that Tesla owners can eventually rent out their cars as a robotaxis, earn money while they are not used differently.
But for the time being the service is far behind Waymo, which was launched in San Francisco three years ago and is also active in Austin, Los Angeles and Phoenix. Waymo cabins do not have a staff member present in the car, but the vehicles are all checked remotely in case of problems.
Positive reactions – and some problems
Most robotaxi reactions that arrive on social media are very positive: the service apparently Works very wellBoth during the day and at night, with a smooth passenger experience that reportedly beats Which waymo offers.
However, it is worth noting that most people invited to use the robotaxi rides are Tesla owners, supporters and investors. Come back via the social media accounts of people who post a positive position about their robotaxi rides, and you will see that there is a lot of pro-Tesla sentiment.
Tesla Robotaxi drops us on in-n-out, is about pedestrian transition and the ride through line/traffic. Perfectly treated. 🍔 pic.twitter.com/mgkiifm2gsJune 22, 2025
The best technology feels like magic because it is so normal that you don’t even notice it … until you do it. Today I made a ride in a Tesla robotaxi. In this clip it pulls aside on a narrow street with construction and makes room for an oncoming car that turns illegally into our lane.June 23, 2025
That is no reason to reject these reactions, but it is an important context. One of the circulating clips shows a robotaxi Trying to wave In the wrong lane, which has prevented it from doing it. A clip posted on Reddit in the meantime shows problems with unnecessaryAlthough it seems that the robotaxi -catch rails are working.
There are enough now Extensive videos Show that journeys are taken in the robotaxis, without clear problems or problems. For the time being, journeys can be praised between the hours of 6 hours and midnight, and the Tesla app ensures the synchronization of data such as music playlists from passenger phones to the vehicles.
If you want to read more positivity around the Tesla Robotaxi, go to Elon Musk’s food On x-je will see sentences as “flexible as butter” and even “the start of civilization after driving”. There are many technological and regulatory obstacles to overcome as the Robotaxi service from Tesla grows, but it is now at least operational.
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