[AutonomousVehicles] Tesla to double the size of Austin Robo Taxi Fleet next month

[Cornelius Butler]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk announces that the Austin Robo Taxi Fleet will doubl
next month.

Article Link:
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-ceo-musk-says-austin-robotaxi-fleet-double-next-month-2025-11-26/

Article Text:
Tesla CEO Musk says Austin robotaxi fleet to double next month

By Reuters
November 26, 20251:26 AM ESTUpdated 6 hours ago

A Tesla robotaxi drives on the street along South Congress Avenue in
Austin, Texas, U.S., June 22, 2025. REUTERS/Joel Angel Juarez Purchase
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Nov 26 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday
that the number of robotaxis in Austin, Texas, will double in December,
following the rollout of its self-driving service in the city in June.

"The Tesla Robotaxi fleet in Austin should roughly double next month," Musk
said in a post on X, which is also owned by him.

It is not immediately clear how many robotaxis Tesla operates.

Tesla's robotaxi service currently operates in two cities, Austin and the
San Francisco Bay Area, with safety monitors still required in the
vehicles. The company last week also received a permit to operate a
ride-hailing service in Arizona.

Musk said in October that he expected robotaxis to operate without safety
drivers in large parts of Austin this year and that robotaxis would be
operating in eight to ten metropolitan areas by the end of the year.

In July, he said he expected Tesla robotaxis to serve about half the U.S.
population by year-end.

After years of missed promises and several company closures due to high
costs, tight regulations and federal investigations, the robotaxi industry
has rebounded with Tesla, Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Waymo, and Amazon's (AMZN.O)
Zoox speeding up expansion.

Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru; Editing by Sonia Cheema

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