Tesla's Austin robotaxi service gets a limited launch, with ~10 Model Y vehicles and safety drivers; Elon Musk says initial users will pay “a $4.20 flat fee”
or want to know—about Tesla's robotaxi service David Pierce / The Verge : Tesla's robotaxi reality check Richard Brack / Austin American-Statesman : Tesla robotaxis begin rolling in Austin, but only for a select few Samantha Subin / CNBC : Tesla stock pops 8% as Musk touts ‘successful’ robotaxi Austin launch Charlesarthur / The Overspill : Start Up No.2466: Tesla launches robotaxi service, the air fuel cooking oil scam, a stem cell diabetes cure?, and more Thibault Spirlet / Business Insider : Elon Musk got $19 billion richer after Tesla's robotaxi launch Timothy Smith / Yahoo Finance : Watch These Tesla Levels as Stock Soars Following Robotaxi Service Rollout Lucas Nolan / Breitbart : Elon Musk Launches Tesla Robotaxi Service in Texas Derek Saul / Forbes : Tesla Stock's 9% Robotaxi Boost Lifts Elon Musk's Net Worth By $17 Billion Stan Schroeder / Mashable : Tesla's Robotaxi service goes live in Austin. Price? $4.20 per ride. Evan Robinson-Johnson / The Information : Musk Lawyers Claim He Doesn't Use A Computer Frank Landymore / Futurism : Tesla Robotaxi Terrifyingly Jerks Wheel Back and Forth While Carrying Passenger Bloomberg : Tesla's Robotaxi Seems Oddly Familiar J. Frank Wilson / methodshop : Tesla Robotaxi Service Launches in Austin, Tesla Stock Jumps 10% James Rogers / MarketWatch : Tesla's robotaxi-fueled stock surge is making Elon Musk $12 billion richer. Can it last? Chloe Aiello / Inc : Tesla Robotaxis ‘Rubberneck’ and Veer Over Yellow Lines During Launch in Austin TechCrunch : Tesla launches robotaxi rides in Austin with big promises and unanswered questions Rani Molla / Sherwood News : Tesla's robotaxi launch, by the numbers Edward Niedermeyer / Edward Niedermeyer on YouTube : Tesla “Robotaxi” launch day police error Bluesky: Paul Rietschka / @prietschka : “Those who have received invites are mostly promoters of Tesla's products, stock and CEO.' — I love Kolodny, that is truly an artful way of saying “invitees were pre-screened to ensure they were part of the CEO's creepy cult.” www.cnbc.com/2025/06/23/t... Paul Rietschka / @prietschka : Good to see pushback on a major American company rolling out an AV taxi service with technology that's little more than a jr high robotics club end-of-term project. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : An interesting note is that the robotaxis slammed their brakes when driving by police cars which probably comes from their training data from human drivers doing that in Teslas. — A good example of how AI is only as smart as its training data. Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : Tesla's robotaxi service has officially launched. Although it's a somewhat limited launch. — It's available to Early Access users in a small area of Austin, Texas and requires a Tesla employee in the passenger seat to monitor the ride. — Initial customers said the ride is “smooth and comfortable.” X: Elon Musk / @elonmusk : The @Tesla_AI robotaxi launch begins in Austin this afternoon with customers paying a $4.20 flat fee! Herbert Ong / @herbertong : EXCLUSIVE: First Tesla Robotaxi Rides Ever! https://x.com/... Sawyer Merritt / @sawyermerritt : Here is my experience in one of the first public nighttime @Tesla Robotaxi rides. It was smooth, comfortable and just as good as it is during the daytime. [video] JC Christopher / @johnchr08117285 : Tesla Robotaxi stops for a man who veered off the sidewalk and onto the road as @JoeTegtmeyer and I were approaching Zilker Park earlier today. The stop was smooth and our Tesla Robotaxi allowed him to get back on the sidewalk and continue with our journey. This man is likely [video] Farzad / @farzyness : My thoughts after 3 Robotaxi rides: - Very smooth and comfortable. Similar to existing Tesla cars with FSD. - App UI is intuitive but can use a couple upgrades (placing a pin anywhere, change trip while in car) - It is completely and totally surreal. As a Tesla owner and regular FSD user, I was not surprised by how well the system worked and how comfortable it felt. @tesla : Don't have to be in Austin to try @Robotaxi ... You can experience FSD in your own Tesla (under your supervision) - for effectively $3.33/day 🤖 Dima Zeniuk / @dimazeniuk : Elon Musk says Tesla's fleet will be part Uber, part Airbnb Tesla owners can easily add their vehicles to the autonomous fleet through the app when not using them. They'll earn money—often more than their monthly payment, while Tesla takes a small cut [video] @tesla : Robotaxi will greatly increase safety for vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians & cyclists Ashok Elluswamy / @aelluswamy : Robotaxi Launch party 🎉 ❤️ [image] Elon Musk / @elonmusk : Super congratulations to the @Tesla_AI software & chip design teams on a successful @Robotaxi launch!! Culmination of a decade of hard work. Both the AI chip and software teams were built from scratch within Tesla. Sawyer Merritt / @sawyermerritt : Here's is Tesla's Robotaxi geofenced area. [image] Quinn Nelson / @snazzylabs : This clip of the Robotaxi from @TeslaPodcast makes me wonder what uh... what the point of the safety driver is? [video] Fred Lambert / @fredericlambert : BREAKING: I'm hearing reports Waymo is shook by Tesla's Robotaxi launch. The company is panicking about the level of innovation and currently looking to copy Tesla by designing a kill switch in the passenger door button and adding Waymo supervisors in their rides. [image] @dirtytesla : Robotaxi special camera cleaning ability! [video] @dirtytesla : I've been in Austin for like 15min and probably seen 20 Waymo, they are EVERYWHERE [image] @yammertime01 : So Waymo is trolling the fuck out of the Tesla robotaxi (lol) fiasco. @signulll : what a ridiculous moment this is. this image might be in textbooks at some point. “tesla launches robotaxi” doesn't even begin to do any justice in any meaningful way. kinda just the beginning of post driving civilization. second only to space because it basically rewrites [image] @bradmunchen : Tesla “robotaxi” launch day in Austin. This is the only video you need to see, in case it gets deleted. Watch the Tesla try to turn where it's not supposed to at around 18 seconds into the video. $TSLA [video] Thomas Slabbers / @thomasslabbers : Even the Dutch media that did report on the Tesla Robotaxi launch are speaking positively, so it must be a massive success! My grandfather told me 25 years ago that one day cars wouldn't need a driver. Now, ‘normal’ looking cars are cruising around Austin with no one behind the [image] @dirtytesla : Robotaxi pulls over for an ambulance 🤩🤩 [video] Zack / @blkmdl3 : Robotaxi rear screen UI [video] Elon Musk / @elonmusk : All your media, streaming and preferred temperature settings just work automatically when you get into a Tesla @Robotaxi Dave Lee / @heydave7 : Here's a 40 minute edited video of my experience on Robotaxi launch day. I share footage from all 5 of my Robotaxi rides and my thoughts. Lots to be excited about if you're a Tesla investor or owner. [video] DJ Seo / @djseo : The best tech feels like magic because it's so normal you don't even notice it... until you do. Took a ride in a Tesla Robotaxi today. In this clip, it pulls aside on a narrow street with construction, making room for an oncoming car that illegally turns into our lane. The [video] Phil Duan / @philduan : Hi there! [image] @tesla_ai : Our approach to autonomy also enables scalability: Tesla self-driving can be deployed anywhere it's approved. It does not require expensive, specialized equipment or extensive mapping of service areas. It just works Chuck Cook / @chazman : First Robotaxi Rides https://x.com/... @beardedtesla : Tesla RoboTaxi First Public Ride Livestream https://x.com/... Forums: r/nottheonion : Tesla robotaxi incidents caught on camera in Austin draw regulators' attention