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Robotaxi launch in Austin June 2025

“Tentatively, June 22.”
— Elon Musk · Jun 11, 2025 · Elon Musk on X, June 10 2025 ↗
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Tesla launched paid robotaxi rides in Austin on June 22, 2025 — on the predicted date — but with an in-car safety monitor, so it was supervised, not a true driverless robotaxi. Genuinely driverless public rides (no in-car monitor) began January 22, 2026, confirmed by both Musk and Tesla's AI lead (a few unsupervised cars mixed into the fleet, ratio rising over time), and on June 3, 2026 unmonitored service expanded across the Austin metro after Texas's driverless law took effect. Delivered-late: the service launched roughly on time, but the actually-driverless robotaxi arrived about seven months past the June 2025 promise. TechCrunch — Tesla launches driverless robotaxi rides in Austin, no safety driver (Jan 22 2026) ↗

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Jun 11, 2025
The promise: “Tentatively, June 22.” · Elon Musk on X, June 10 2025 ↗
Jan 22, 2026
Delivered · Late — 0.6 years late. Tesla launched paid robotaxi rides in Austin on June 22, 2025 — on the predicted date — but with an in-car safety monitor, so it was supervised, not a true driverless robotaxi. Genuinely driverless public rides (no in-car monitor) began January 22, 2026, confirmed by both Musk and Tesla's AI lead (a few unsupervised cars mixed into the fleet, ratio rising over time), and on June 3, 2026 unmonitored service expanded across the Austin metro after Texas's driverless law took effect. Delivered-late: the service launched roughly on time, but the actually-driverless robotaxi arrived about seven months past the June 2025 promise. TechCrunch — Tesla launches driverless robotaxi rides in Austin, no safety driver (Jan 22 2026) ↗
Today · Sep 17, 2026
Status: Delivered · Late · 0.6 years late. It happened — eventually.
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