Tesla Robotaxis go to Florida
It must be earnings day, because Tesla is making a Robotaxi announcement.
The company said in a post on X that it was launching its Robotaxi service in Orlando and Tampa, attaching a pair of maps that show each city’s service area. No word on fleet size or whether interested customers would be able to hail a vehicle right away.
The timing of the post is noteworthy, considering later today Tesla CEO Elon Musk is expected to provide an update on the progress of the company’s Robotaxi service during its second quarter earnings call. Adding two new cities to the docket probably sounds like progress to some investors.
Of course, that progress is entirely subjective. The company’s all-important Robotaxi service is dramatically smaller than Elon Musk predicted. In 2024, he said the company’s autonomous ridehail vehicles would be available to half the US populationby the end of 2025. Several...
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