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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Elon Musk says Tesla robotaxis will be geo-fenced and avoid some intersections after being asked about FSD running a red light
Tesla is planning to debut its robotaxi service next month in Austin. Business Insider tested Tesla's FSD Supervised software ahead of the launch. Tesla's FSD ran a red light at a complex intersection in San Francisco. Elon Musk said Tesla's robotaxis will be limited to certain parts of Austin and avoid intersections the company deems unsafe after the CEO was asked on TV about Business Insider's reporting on a critical error made by Tesla's Full Self-Driving Supervised software. In a May 17 story, two BI reporters took rides in a Waymo and a 2024 Tesla Model 3 equipped with the latest FSD software to compare both companies' autonomous driving technologies. Toward the end of the test, Tesla's FSD ran a red light at a complex intersection in San Francisco. During a discussion about Tesla's robotaxi launch, which is set for June in Austin, CNBC's David Faber asked Musk about BI's report. "I guess my question is, is that a concern at all for you in terms of it encountering things that are still sort of a crucial test, and perhaps it fails," Faber said. Musk said BI's test "made no sense" because it compared Tesla's FSD Supervised, which he said assumes a driver is behind the wheel and ready to take over, rather than FSD Unsupervised. BI noted in the story that the test compared a piece of Tesla technology that could be different from the software that will power the company's robotaxis. BI reported one of the test's goals was to see how far FSD had come since its beta rollout in 2020. Musk and a Tesla spokesperson didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. A Tesla spokesperson also didn't respond to a request for comment to BI's previous story about the driving test on May 17. In the CNBC interview, Musk didn't address specific details in BI's reporting. However, he said Tesla's robotaxis will be geo-fenced to certain parts of Austin. Alphabet's Waymo also uses geo-fencing to limit its autonomous cars to certain parts of a given city, including, for the moment, highways. "When we deploy the cars in Austin, we are actually going to deploy it not to the entire Austin region but only to the parts of Austin we consider to be the safest," Musk said on CNBC. "So we will geo-fence it." He added: "It's not going to take intersections unless we are highly confident it's going to do well with that intersection. Or it will just take a route around that intersection." BI's test showed that Waymo appeared to avoid the same intersection where Tesla FSD made the error. Instead, Waymo took BI through a route that was farther and less time-efficient, based on estimated time arrivals provided by Google Maps. During the CNBC interview, the Tesla CEO reiterated his prediction that Tesla's robotaxis will see a quick ramp-up after a limited rollout next month. "We'll start with probably 10 for a week, then increase it to 20, 30, 40," Musk said. "It will probably be at 1,000 within a few months." Read the original article on Business Insider Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Insider
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- Business Insider
Elon Musk says Tesla robotaxis will be geo-fenced and avoid some intersections after being asked about FSD running a red light
Elon Musk said Tesla's robotaxis will be limited to certain parts of Austin and avoid intersections the company deems unsafe after the CEO was asked on TV about Business Insider's reporting on a critical error made by Tesla's Full Self-Driving Supervised software. In a May 17 story, two BI reporters took rides in a Waymo and a 2024 Tesla Model 3 equipped with the latest FSD software to compare both companies' autonomous driving technologies. Toward the end of the test, Tesla's FSD ran a red light at a complex intersection in San Francisco. During a discussion about Tesla's robotaxi launch, which is set for June in Austin, CNBC's David Faber asked Musk about BI's report. "I guess my question is, is that a concern at all for you in terms of it encountering things that are still sort of a crucial test, and perhaps it fails," Faber said. Musk said BI's test "made no sense" because it compared Tesla's FSD Supervised, which he said assumes a driver is behind the wheel and ready to take over, rather than FSD Unsupervised. BI noted in the story that the test compared a piece of Tesla technology that could be different from the software that will power the company's robotaxis. BI reported one of the test's goals was to see how far FSD had come since its beta rollout in 2020. Musk and a Tesla spokesperson didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. A Tesla spokesperson also didn't respond to a request for comment to BI's previous story about the driving test on May 17. In the CNBC interview, Musk didn't address specific details in BI's reporting. However, he said Tesla's robotaxis will be geo-fenced to certain parts of Austin. Alphabet's Waymo also uses geo-fencing to limit its autonomous cars to certain parts of a given city, including, for the moment, highways. "When we deploy the cars in Austin, we are actually going to deploy it not to the entire Austin region but only to the parts of Austin we consider to be the safest," Musk said on CNBC. "So we will geo-fence it." He added: "It's not going to take intersections unless we are highly confident it's going to do well with that intersection. Or it will just take a route around that intersection." BI's test showed that Waymo appeared to avoid the same intersection where Tesla FSD made the error. Instead, Waymo took BI through a route that was farther and less time-efficient, based on estimated time arrivals provided by Google Maps. During the CNBC interview, the Tesla CEO reiterated his prediction that Tesla's robotaxis will see a quick ramp-up after a limited rollout next month. "We'll start with probably 10 for a week, then increase it to 20, 30, 40," Musk said. "It will probably be at 1,000 within a few months."
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Elon Musk says Austin could have 1,000 Tesla robotaxis in just a few months
Elon Musk said there could be 1,000 Tesla robotaxis in Austin in just a few months. Musk confirmed on Tuesday that he expects the initial Austin fleet to hit the road in June. He also said the robotaxis will be geo-fenced to certain areas after being asked about a BI article. Tesla robotaxis are on their way to Austin in June, the company's CEO, Elon Musk, confirmed — and there could be 1,000 of the vehicles on the streets within just a few months. "We'll start with probably 10 for a week, then increase it to 20, 30, 40," he said in an interview with CNBC on Tuesday. "It will probably be at 1,000 within a few months." He's previously said the ramp-up will be quick. After the Austin rollout, Musk said he plans to expand the robotaxis to other cities, like San Francisco. By the end of 2026, Musk predicted there could be more than 1 million self-driving Teslas in the US. In 2019, Musk said Tesla could have more than one million robotaxis by year's end, but that deadline came and went with Musk admitting that punctuality is not his "strong suit." Texas and California, where autonomous Waymo cars are already on the road, have different regulations, and Tesla doesn't have full approval to launch its robotaxis in the Golden State. "The approval process is very haphazard and sort of state-by-state, and sometimes city-by-city," Musk said. He said on Tuesday that it's crucial to set up nationwide regulations for self-driving cars. The initial robotaxi launch in Austin will be highly limited, as Musk said on an April 22 earnings call. Tesla told a Morgan Stanley analyst that the service will operate on public roads and be invite-only. The company also said many teleoperators will be available to help out. In robotaxi-speak, teleoperators typically mean that a remote employee can take over some level of control, usually when the autonomous driver gets stuck. Competitors Waymo and Zoox handle those types of situations slightly differently. It's not clear exactly how much control teleoperators will have during the Austin robotaxi launch. Representatives from Tesla did not immediately respond to Business a request for comment from Business Insider. Musk said during the interview that Tesla's robotaxis will be geo-fenced to specific parts of the Austin region after CNBC's David Faber pushed the CEO to respond to the outcome of Business Insider's test between Waymo and Tesla's Full Self-Driving Supervised software. BI compared the companies' two self-driving technologies, and the Tesla ran a red light at a complex intersection in San Francisco. Musk said BI's test "made no sense" but added that Tesla's robotaxis will avoid certain areas of Austin if the company deems it unsafe. "We will geo-fence it," Musk said. "It's not going to take intersections unless we are highly confident it's going to do well with that intersection. Or it will just take a route around that intersection." Read the original article on Business Insider Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
