Tesla’s ‘robotaxi’ Rides In San Francisco Have A Human At The Wheel

Tesla’s newly-launched ride-hailing work successful San Francisco isn’t rather fresh for nan “robotaxi” designation. After launching its robotaxi rides successful Austin, Texas, pinch a “safety monitor” successful nan rider spot past month, a video of Tesla’s work successful San Francisco shows a conveyance arriving pinch a quality astatine nan wheel, arsenic reported earlier by Business Insider.

California requires companies to get 3 permits to run a commercialized robotaxi service. So far, nan authorities has granted Tesla conscionable 1 of nan permits, allowing it to tally a ride-hailing work pinch humans successful nan driver’s seat. The Alphabet-owned Waymo is presently nan only institution pinch nan permits to connection commercialized driverless rides successful San Francisco.

Even though nan work successful Texas and California hasn’t yet achieved Musk’s committedness of operating pinch “no 1 successful nan car,” Musk told Tesla investors past week that he plans to grow robotaxi work to Florida, Nevada, and Arizona.