Tesla begins robotaxi service with self-driving cars doing city pick-ups
Tesla chief Elon Musk launching his manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas, in 2022. A robotaxi service will begin on Sunday in the city. Picture: Jay Janner /Austin American-Statesman via AP
Elon Musk's vision of Tesla's future is set for a public test on Sunday, when a dozen or so self-driving cars in Austin, Texas start a limited, paid robotaxi service.
Though Tesla is dispensing with a webcast product launch event helmed by Mr Musk, fans will be scouring the internet for videos and reports from the coterie of invited riders that will be allowed to hail the small stable of Model Y SUVs for trips within a limited area of the city, accompanied by a Tesla safety monitor in the front passenger seat. The driver's seat will be empty.
