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Tesla Robotaxis appear to go fully unsupervised in Austin ahead of Cybercab launch

The Verge · Technology · 2026-08-20

Tesla Robotaxis appear to go fully unsupervised in Austin ahead of Cybercab launch

Seven months after Elon Musk announced that Tesla Robotaxis in Austin were operating without human safety monitors onboard, the city's service appears to have finally gone fully driverless. Over the past two weeks, all 170 Tesla Robotaxi rides in Austin monitored by the crowdsourced Robotaxi Tracker were unsupervised, the site's creator, Ethan McKanna, told The […] Tesla is getting rid of its human safety monitors. Tesla Robotaxis appear to go fully unsupervised in Austin ahead of Cybercab launch

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