Tesla will launch self -driving car services in Texas in June, says Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk told investors last year that the company strive for start 2025 of his self -driving service in California and Texas. It seems that the company is on the way to hit this goal. said Musk During Tesla’s fourth quarter revenue on Wednesday The fact that the carmaker is in the pace to start his self -driving service as early as June 2025, with Austin, Texas, as the test market.
“We feel confident that we can make an initial start to unsupported, no one in the car, full self -driving in Austin in June,” Musk said. “We already have Teslas, working autonomously unattended, complete self -government at our Fremont factory, and we will soon do this in our Texas factory.”
A Tesla representative did not respond to a request for comment.
News that Tesla works with Austin to win the regulatory approval of the city for the first time appeared in emails obtained by Bloomberg In December, but Tesla had not yet chosen Austin for the starting city as the company was trying to obtain regulatory approval.
Musk was a cure for the details, saying only that there were “thousands of cars” moving around the company’s Fremont factory in California “without anyone in them.” He said the company is ready to launch its unsupported complete self-driving technology “in many US regions” by the end of the year, with the first markets most likely California and Texas.
The initial expectation was that Tesla would use his long -awaited cybercabS Instead, the company plans to use its Model Y and Model 3 cars while Cybercab launches in 2027.
“So, in conclusion, 2025 is a really major year for Tesla,” Musk said. “I think we can consider it the biggest year in Tesla history.”
Rough start to self -driving cars
Musk emphasized that Tesla would take his time with the launch.
“We just want to put our finger in the water, make sure everything is fine, then put a few more fingers in the water, then put your foot in the water with () the safety of the general public … and those in the car as our primary priority he said.
The emphasis of Tesla on safety comes amid a rough several years for the self -management of taxi services. While the statistics show that Self-driving cars are safer overall From human drivers, she has not stopped the accidents from making news.
California pulled cruise cars without drivers off the road In 2023 because of safety concerns and Waymo made the news In early 2024, after two of his autonomous vehicles hit the same pickup, as he drew twice the same day.
According to Musk, Tesla’s AI will not use Local cards with high accuracy like most Autonomous driving technique. Instead, Teslas will use AI that will analyze the road and make decisions while moving. That way, while it can drive anywhere, Austin will serve as a test market to make sure that cars can drive without problems before spreading to other regions. Tesla provides for a broader start shortly after Austin, provided there are no problems.
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