Elon Musk confirms what we were all afraid of: robotax is delayed, and there is already a new date

It seemed too good to be true, and, in the end, this was not. Elon Musk confirmed, after several months of silence about this, what we were afraid of. Launch Robotaxi ServiceWhich will work as a kind of uber of tesla, will not be June 12th. The company decided to postpone its launch for several reasons, including one security. Executive Director revealed the date of “attempts” To start the service.

In particular, Services Tesla Robotaxi, who will use cyber to transport passengers from one point to another autonomously, They will begin to be available on June 22The Musk field stood out in the publication in its profile X (Twitter) that the date is “attempt”, so it would not be strange to see another delay in launching the long -awaited robotaxi.

In fact, he confirmed that they are “super paranoids with security”, and that, therefore, The date may changeField

Services will begin in the city AustinTexas, where some of these models have already seen on the street. The user in previously known as Twitter, in fact, managed to record one of these vehicles in operation. It is expected that the service will be available in other cities of the United States within 2025.

In the same publication where Musk revealed the delay on his launch, the general director and founder of the company emphasized that vehicles They will move from the factory to the houses of their owners Completely autonomous June 28.

Robotaxi will not be completely autonomous, after all

Mask, yes, should still answer a number of regulation issues related to the Robotaxi service. Some on security issues and, in particular, on how to drive this vehicle with reduced conditions of visibility on the road.

In any case, it is important to mention that Robotaxi Tesla will not be completely autonomous. Ashok by Ellusvami, Vice President of Tesla of Autopilot and software for artificial intelligence, said a few months ago that the vehicle will require human intervention in some cases. This will happen at a time when it will be necessary to perform more complete maneuvers. For example, that the vehicle was stuck or trapped in an alley.

This intervention of people, according to, is evidence of this paranoia with safety, which Musk commented on the aforementioned post. Ellusvami, in fact, said that the reason why they need operators who can control robotaxi is that they are “a little conservative”, and although this type of assistance will be necessary in very few cases, They prefer to have a remote support teamField

Now the company guarantees that the normal operation of Robotaxi will be completely autonomous. Elon Musk even said that such interventions They are very rareAnd this is only every 10,000 miles (about 16,000 km).

He is still waiting if Musk fulfills one of his promises after the launch of robotaxi. The company general said that “there will be Millions of Teslas Working completely autonomously in the second half of next year. ”