The claim of the vehicles driving around, carrying passengers with no driver behind the wheel by June borders on ridiculous. The numbers just don't back it up

Our collective eyebrows raised when Elon Musk said self-driving vehicles were coming to Austin this week. Yes, really. Here is senior reporter Sean O’Kane’s article detailing Musk’s claims, which he made during Tesla’s Q4 earnings call.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday his company will launch a paid ride-hailing robotaxi service in Austin, Texas using its own fleet vehicles this coming June — the latest in a long line of sky-high promises he has yet to meet about autonomy.

Tesla’s fourth-quarter adjusted profits rose slightly amid a big push to sell its electric vehicles with offers of zero financing and other incentives, but the results still fell short of Wall Street forecasts.

Tesla’s driver assistance software, known as full self-driving, or FSD, will see unsupervised tests in Texas, California and other states this year.

The bigger news, though, is what Tesla has planned for 2025. In the first half of the year, it’s set to launch “ more affordable ” models. Precise details about these models haven’t been confirmed, although Tesla has been talking about them for quite some time.

Elon Musk said today that Tesla will launch “unsupervised full self-driving in Austin as a paid service” in June.

Musk first mentioned the robotaxi service idea in October, introducing Tesla’s Cybercab prototype—an autonomous vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals. The plan was initially set for a 2025 launch in Texas and California,

Tesla is launching its long-awaited robotaxi service in Austin this June, with plans to expand across the US and globally.

Tesla's fourth-quarter and full-year earnings day is here — a highly anticipated report that is expected to be released after market close Wednesday.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed the U.S. city where the automaker is planning to launch its first robotaxi service for paying passengers in June.