Tesla spins up robotaxi pilots in Orlando and Tampa ahead of Q2 earnings
Tesla has brought an unspecified number of its unsupervised Model Y SUVs to Orlando and Tampa, just one day ahead of the company’s scheduled second-quarter earnings call. That marks the third city in Florida where Tesla is trialing its nascent robotaxi service, following a small launch in Miami a few weeks ago.
The two new cities appear to have fairly small operational areas, and Tesla did not offer any further details about the launch. As even some fans have noticed, Tesla announced autonomous fleets in Dallas and Houston before its first-quarter earnings release but has yet to scale those operations. The company disbanded its press office years ago.
The company has taken a far slower approach to standing up a commercial robotaxi service than it has promised investors. CEO Elon Musk, for instance, said repeatedlythat Tesla’s robotaxis would serve half the U.S. population by the end of...
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