• Tesla launched its “Robotaxi” service in Austin eight months ago. • In that time, Elon Musk promised 500 cars in Austin, coverage for half the US population, fully unsupervised rides, and expansion to 8-10 cities, all by the end of 2025. • Today, the service has roughly 42 cars in Austin, availability below 20%, a crash rate 9 times worse than human drivers, and the “unsupervised” rides Musk hyped before earnings have vanished from the tracker. • Here’s the full status check. • Fleet size: promised 500, delivered ~42 On the Q4 2024 earnings call, Musk declared that Teslas would be driving autonomously in Austin “with no one in them” by June 2025. • In October 2025, he told the All-In podcast that Tesla would have “500 or more in the Greater Austin area” by year-end.
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- Tesla launched its “Robotaxi” service in Austin eight months ago. In that time, Elon Musk promised 500 cars in Austin, coverage for half the US population, fully unsupervised rides, and expansion to 8-10 cities, all by the end of 2025. None of it happened. Today, the service has roughly 42 cars in Austin, availability below 20%, a crash rate 9 times worse than human drivers, and the “unsupervised” rides Musk hyped before earnings have vanished from the tracker. Here’s the full status check. Fleet size: promised 500, delivered ~42 On the Q4 2024 earnings call, Musk declared that Teslas would be
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